diff --git a/drools-workbench-models/drools-workbench-models-guided-dtable/src/main/java/org/drools/workbench/models/guided/dtable/shared/model/DTCellValue52.java b/drools-workbench-models/drools-workbench-models-guided-dtable/src/main/java/org/drools/workbench/models/guided/dtable/shared/model/DTCellValue52.java
index 27f64a0403f7..c57223f3db25 100644
--- a/drools-workbench-models/drools-workbench-models-guided-dtable/src/main/java/org/drools/workbench/models/guided/dtable/shared/model/DTCellValue52.java
+++ b/drools-workbench-models/drools-workbench-models-guided-dtable/src/main/java/org/drools/workbench/models/guided/dtable/shared/model/DTCellValue52.java
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ public class DTCellValue52 {
     private Boolean valueBoolean;
     private Date valueDate;
     private Number valueNumeric;
-    private String valueString = "";
-    private DataTypes dataType = DataTypes.STRING;
+    private String valueString;
+    private DataTypes dataType;
 
     //Does this cell represent "all other values" to those explicitly defined for the column
     private boolean isOtherwise;