diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/EssayItemController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/EssayItemController.java
index 48eb4c21e5e49557e2524024d1f4d45cdf715648..4dcc69d94c3ec31d2acb0c0e260d67eaaba1077c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/EssayItemController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/EssayItemController.java
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public class EssayItemController extends DefaultController implements Controller
 					}
 					essayQuestion.setMinValue(0.0f);
 					essayQuestion.setMaxValue(sc);
+					essayQuestion.setSingleCorrectScore(sc);
 				} catch(Exception e) {
 					if(!qtiPackage.getQTIDocument().isSurvey()) {
 						getWindowControl().setWarning(trnsltr.translate("editor.info.mc.zero.points"));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/beecom/objects/EssayQuestion.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/beecom/objects/EssayQuestion.java
index 6884ea69e212b289c8902edd1f7b02975d57ad50..b340b1986d1549910ea8c3127b788755091cccbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/beecom/objects/EssayQuestion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti/editor/beecom/objects/EssayQuestion.java
@@ -87,8 +87,24 @@ public class EssayQuestion extends Question implements QTIObject {
 		responses.add(response);
 		instance.setResponses(responses);
 
-		// No resprocessing since used only in survey mode
-
+		Element resprocessingXML = item.element("resprocessing");
+		if (resprocessingXML != null) {
+			// set min/max score
+			Element decvar = (Element)resprocessingXML.selectSingleNode(".//decvar");
+			if(decvar != null) {
+				String min = decvar.attributeValue("minvalue");
+				if (min != null) {
+					instance.setMinValue(min);
+				}
+				String max = decvar.attributeValue("maxvalue");
+				if (max != null) {
+					if(instance.isSingleCorrect()) {
+						instance.setSingleCorrectScore(max);
+					}
+					instance.setMaxValue(max);
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return instance;
 	}
 	
@@ -128,11 +144,12 @@ public class EssayQuestion extends Question implements QTIObject {
 		decvar.addAttribute("defaultval", "0");
 		decvar.addAttribute("minvalue", "" + getMinValue());
 		float maxScore = QTIEditHelper.calculateMaxScore(this);
-		maxScore = maxScore > getMaxValue() ? getMaxValue() : maxScore;
-		decvar.addAttribute("maxvalue", "" + maxScore);
-		decvar.addAttribute("cutvalue", "" + maxScore);
+		float maxValue = getMaxValue();
+		float max = maxScore > maxValue ? maxValue : maxScore;
+		decvar.addAttribute("maxvalue", "" + max);
+		decvar.addAttribute("cutvalue", "" + max);
 		
-		Element procExtension = resprocessingXML.addElement("itemproc_extension");
+		resprocessingXML.addElement("itemproc_extension");
 		
 		// hint
 		if (getHintText() != null) {