diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/fragment/components/bottomsheet/BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/fragment/components/bottomsheet/BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment.kt
index ec05b20e..1c929b6b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/fragment/components/bottomsheet/BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/pokeranalytics/android/ui/fragment/components/bottomsheet/BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment.kt
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ import androidx.core.widget.addTextChangedListener
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.bottom_sheet_edit_text_multi_lines.*
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.fragment_bottom_sheet.view.*
 import net.pokeranalytics.android.exceptions.RowRepresentableEditDescriptorException
-import java.lang.AssertionError
 
 
 class BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment : BottomSheetFragment() {
 
-	private var value = ""
+	private var value: String? = null
 
 	override fun onViewCreated(view: View, savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
 		super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState)
@@ -27,7 +26,10 @@ class BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment : BottomSheetFragment() {
 	}
 
 	override fun getValue(): Any? {
-		return value.trim()
+		this.value?.let {
+			return it.trim()
+		}
+		return null
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -49,8 +51,10 @@ class BottomSheetEditTextMultiLinesFragment : BottomSheetFragment() {
 
 		data[0].hint?.let { editText1.hint = getString(it) }
 		editText1.inputType = data[0].inputType  ?: InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES
-		editText1.addTextChangedListener { value = it?.toString() ?: "" }
-		editText1.setText((data[0].defaultValue ?: "").toString())
+		editText1.addTextChangedListener { this.value = it?.toString() }
+		data[0].defaultValue?.let {
+			editText1.setText(it.toString())
+		}
 	}
 
 }
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