diff --git a/coordinator/ProcessorSurveysnewODK.py b/coordinator/ProcessorSurveysnewODK.py
index dafd03353e9122bd4a8412de11052b86c15c867a..682a6d9fee134fb3559b2a120ccb54ada58c5165 100644
--- a/coordinator/ProcessorSurveysnewODK.py
+++ b/coordinator/ProcessorSurveysnewODK.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ cases_incident = {
     }
 
 cases_severity = {
+    '' : 0,
     '1':1,
     '5':5,
     '10':10,