diff --git a/web/components/answers/multiple-choice-answers.tsx b/web/components/answers/multiple-choice-answers.tsx
index e1b5f1a6..4a5e660d 100644
--- a/web/components/answers/multiple-choice-answers.tsx
+++ b/web/components/answers/multiple-choice-answers.tsx
@@ -7,20 +7,19 @@ import { Col } from '../layout/col'
 import { Row } from '../layout/row'
 
 export function MultipleChoiceAnswers(props: {
+  answers: string[]
   setAnswers: (answers: string[]) => void
 }) {
-  const [answers, setInternalAnswers] = useState(['', '', ''])
+  const { answers, setAnswers } = props
 
   const setAnswer = (i: number, answer: string) => {
     const newAnswers = setElement(answers, i, answer)
-    setInternalAnswers(newAnswers)
-    props.setAnswers(newAnswers)
+    setAnswers(newAnswers)
   }
 
   const removeAnswer = (i: number) => {
     const newAnswers = answers.slice(0, i).concat(answers.slice(i + 1))
-    setInternalAnswers(newAnswers)
-    props.setAnswers(newAnswers)
+    setAnswers(newAnswers)
   }
 
   const addAnswer = () => setAnswer(answers.length, '')
diff --git a/web/pages/create.tsx b/web/pages/create.tsx
index 5f87fea1..3225fb4d 100644
--- a/web/pages/create.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/create.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ export function NewContract(props: {
   const [isLogScale, setIsLogScale] = useState<boolean>(!!params?.isLogScale)
   const [initialValueString, setInitialValueString] = useState(initValue)
 
-  const [answers, setAnswers] = useState<string[]>([]) // for multiple choice
+  // for multiple choice, init to 3 empty answers
+  const [answers, setAnswers] = useState(['', '', ''])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (groupId)
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ export function NewContract(props: {
       <Spacer h={6} />
 
       {outcomeType === 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE' && (
-        <MultipleChoiceAnswers setAnswers={setAnswers} />
+        <MultipleChoiceAnswers answers={answers} setAnswers={setAnswers} />
       )}
 
       {outcomeType === 'PSEUDO_NUMERIC' && (