diff --git a/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/node/parser/ParsingModel.java b/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/node/parser/ParsingModel.java
index 259d93bf..9ba2b05b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/node/parser/ParsingModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bisq/core/dao/node/parser/ParsingModel.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ enum VoteRevealInputState {
     @Nullable
     private OpReturnType opReturnTypeCandidate;
 
-    private VoteRevealInputState voteRevealInputState;
+    private VoteRevealInputState voteRevealInputState = VoteRevealInputState.UNKNOWN;
 
     // At end of parsing when we do the full validation we set the type here
     @Nullable