diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
index fa2345703d0b483d4c0e5b6d9833c8b6489f86fa..2008b27eb159f94407fca8dae5bdc874291690e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/dao/CouchDBDao.java
@@ -913,13 +913,16 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 			}
 			view.setGroup(true);
 			ViewResults results = this.getDatabase().view(view);
+			int abstentionCount = this.getAbstentionAnswerCount(questionId);
 			List<Answer> answers = new ArrayList<Answer>();
 			for (Document d : results.getResults()) {
 				Answer a = new Answer();
 				a.setAnswerCount(d.getInt("value"));
+				a.setAbstentionCount(abstentionCount);
 				a.setQuestionId(d.getJSONObject().getJSONArray("key").getString(0));
 				a.setPiRound(piRound);
-				a.setAnswerText(d.getJSONObject().getJSONArray("key").getString(2));
+				String answerText = d.getJSONObject().getJSONArray("key").getString(2);
+				a.setAnswerText(answerText == "null" ? null : answerText);
 				answers.add(a);
 			}
 			return answers;
@@ -928,6 +931,22 @@ public class CouchDBDao implements IDatabaseDao {
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
+	
+	private int getAbstentionAnswerCount(final String questionId) {
+		try {
+			View view = new View("skill_question/count_abstention_answers_by_question");
+			view.setKey(URLEncoder.encode("\"" + questionId + "\"", "UTF-8"));
+			view.setGroup(true);
+			ViewResults results = this.getDatabase().view(view);
+			if (results.getResults().size() == 0) {
+				return 0;
+			}
+			return results.getJSONArray("rows").optJSONObject(0).optInt("value");
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			LOGGER.error("Error while retrieving abstention answers", e);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public final int getAnswerCount(final String questionId) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Answer.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Answer.java
index 5aded99a5762f924b2ae42c370c0bc91520ac1ba..278ac92d50b61363859b23a4133e836993b331a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Answer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/entities/Answer.java
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ public class Answer {
 	private String user;
 	private long timestamp;
 	private int answerCount = 1;
-	private boolean abstention; // Currently available only for freetext answers!
+	private boolean abstention; // Currently available only for freetext and mc answers!
+	private int abstentionCount; // Currently available only for freetext and mc answers!
 
 	public Answer() {
 		this.type = "skill_question_answer";
@@ -115,6 +116,14 @@ public class Answer {
 		this.abstention = abstention;
 	}
 
+	public int getAbstentionCount() {
+		return abstentionCount;
+	}
+
+	public void setAbstentionCount(int abstentionCount) {
+		this.abstentionCount = abstentionCount;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public final String toString() {
 		return "Answer type:'" + type + "'"