diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/model/xml/interactions/MatchAssessmentItemBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/model/xml/interactions/MatchAssessmentItemBuilder.java
index 4e34791445d6a92db2bc99574a76db4146b62b8c..3f883bcee1d200cce455e66da65e1c312bb49a43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/model/xml/interactions/MatchAssessmentItemBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/ims/qti21/model/xml/interactions/MatchAssessmentItemBuilder.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class MatchAssessmentItemBuilder extends AssessmentItemBuilder {
 
 	private String question;
 	private boolean shuffle;
-	private boolean multipleChoice = true;
+	private boolean multipleChoice;
 	private Identifier responseIdentifier;
 	protected ScoreEvaluation scoreEvaluation;
 	private MatchInteraction matchInteraction;