diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index 4e5e0d77f08edf70ae65994935167f71d2c0ecd1..7bdcb6077385b6cca966f3f8aa9fd2eaaa3b9a32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 					results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optJSONObject("value"),
 					Question.class
 			);
-			JSONArray possibleAnswers = results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optJSONObject("value")
+			JSONArray possibleAnswers = new JSONArray();
+			possibleAnswers = results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optJSONObject("value")
 					.getJSONArray("possibleAnswers");
 			Collection<PossibleAnswer> answers = JSONArray.toCollection(
 					possibleAnswers,