# BUG: Default value in select/bool fields not being set

**URL:** https://community.prismic.io/t/bug-default-value-in-select-bool-fields-not-being-set/9609
**Category:** Developing with Prismic
**Tags:** nextjs
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/bug-default-value-in-select-bool-fields-not-being-set/9609 "2022-04-01T14:22:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![dhayes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/dhayes/32/4082_2.png) [@dhayes](https://community.prismic.io/u/dhayes)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/bug-default-value-in-select-bool-fields-not-being-set/9609/1 "2022-04-01T14:22:34Z")

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I have a new slice that was made with SliceMachine and it has two fields with a default value (one is a select field and the other a boolean). However, they aren't actually being set by Prismic when a record is created/published as they return "null".

This is the setup in model.json:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-04-01 at 10.15.00 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/prismic/original/2X/5/5d22a83a58334b68c908334f72f6bb94f44deb16.png)

This is what gets returned:  
 ![Screen Shot 2022-04-01 at 10.14.16 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/prismic/original/2X/2/28ae6836bd6cdc782c12245c205fd55c4594624a.png)

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### Author: ![Priyanka](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/priyanka/32/3223_2.png) [@Priyanka](https://community.prismic.io/u/Priyanka)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/bug-default-value-in-select-bool-fields-not-being-set/9609/3 "2022-04-06T09:38:06Z")

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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Bug with select field](https://community.prismic.io/t/bug-with-select-field/9372)