diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index da0095f19fa2730f86b0386938b898f4d1770529..fd98d5eced48dfbab0b52c0d403395ac018e6871 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		q.put("thresholdCorrectAnswers", question.getThresholdCorrectAnswers());
 		q.put("cvIsColored", question.getCvIsColored());
 		q.put("gridLineColor", question.getGridLineColor());
-
+		q.put("numberOfDots", question.getNumberOfDots());
+		
 		return q;
 	}
 
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 			q.put("thresholdCorrectAnswers", question.getThresholdCorrectAnswers());
 			q.put("cvIsColored", question.getCvIsColored());
 			q.put("gridLineColor", question.getGridLineColor());
+			q.put("numberOfDots", question.getNumberOfDots());
 			database.saveDocument(q);
 			question.set_rev(q.getRev());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
index 7b5f95381404d41f0fd57367f33fcf479266256f..0810d0de8f44d5895c82cabd7672eafe190d939f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Question.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class Question {
 	private int thresholdCorrectAnswers;
 	private boolean cvIsColored;
 	private String gridLineColor;
+	private int numberOfDots;
 
 	public final String getType() {
 		return type;
@@ -365,6 +366,14 @@ public class Question {
 	public void setGridLineColor(String gridLineColor) {
 		this.gridLineColor = gridLineColor;
 	}
+	
+	public int getNumberOfDots() {
+		return numberOfDots;
+	}
+	
+	public void setNubmerOfDots(int numberOfDots) {
+		this.numberOfDots = numberOfDots;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public final String toString() {