diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/DefaultValue.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/DefaultValue.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..470622aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/DefaultValue.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { BaseModel } from './BaseModel';
+import { FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
+import { FormGenerator } from './interfaces/FormGenerator';
+import { Serializable } from './interfaces/Serializable';
+
+export class DefaultValue extends BaseModel implements Serializable<DefaultValue>, FormGenerator<FormGroup>{
+    public type: string;
+    public value: string;
+
+    fromJSONObject(item: any): DefaultValue {
+        this.type = item.type;
+        this.value = item.value;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    buildForm(): FormGroup {
+        let formGroup = this.formBuilder.group({
+            type: [this.type],
+            value: [this.value]
+
+        });
+        return formGroup;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/Field.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/Field.ts
index 12f41af5c..0b11ebea1 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/Field.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/models/Field.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import { FormGenerator } from './interfaces/FormGenerator';
 import { JsonSerializer } from '../utilities/JsonSerializer';
 import { Serializable } from './interfaces/Serializable';
 import { Multiplicity } from './Multiplicity';
+import { DefaultValue } from './DefaultValue';
 export class Field extends BaseModel implements Serializable<Field>, FormGenerator<FormGroup>{
 
     public id: string;
     public title: string;
     public value: string;
+    public defaultValue: DefaultValue;
     public description: string;
     public extendedDescription: string;
     public viewStyle: string;
@@ -17,16 +19,19 @@ export class Field extends BaseModel implements Serializable<Field>, FormGenerat
     public multiplicity: Multiplicity;
     public multiplicityItems: Array<Field> = new Array<Field>();
     public data: any;
+    
     fromJSONObject(item: any): Field {
         this.id = item.id;
         this.title = item.title;
-        this.value = item.value;
+        //this.value = item.value;
         this.description = item.description;
         this.extendedDescription = item.extendedDescription;
         this.viewStyle = item.viewStyle;
         this.defaultVisibility = item.defaultVisibility;
         this.page = item.page;
         //this.multiplicity = new JsonSerializer<Multiplicity>().fromJSONObject(item.multiplicity, Multiplicity);
+        this.defaultValue = new JsonSerializer<DefaultValue>().fromJSONObject(item.defaultValue, DefaultValue);   
+        this.value = this.defaultValue.value && !item.value? this.defaultValue.value: item.value;     
         this.multiplicity = new Multiplicity();
         this.multiplicity.max = 2;
         this.multiplicityItems = new JsonSerializer<Field>().fromJSONArray(item.multiplicityItems, Field);