diff --git a/app/pods/components/question-editor/template.hbs b/app/pods/components/question-editor/template.hbs
index 697afc6..4265bb1 100644
--- a/app/pods/components/question-editor/template.hbs
+++ b/app/pods/components/question-editor/template.hbs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       <label>Question Title:</label>
     </div>
     <div class="col-5 input-group">
-      {{input type="text" class="input-text" value=question.title}}
+      {{input type="text" class="input-text" placeholder="This is a new question, enter title here" value=question.title}}
     </div>
     <div class="col-5">
       {{markdown-to-html question.title}}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       <label>Question Description:</label>
     </div>
     <div class="col-5 input-group">
-      {{textarea type="text" class="input-text py-4" value=question.description}}
+      {{textarea type="text" class="input-text py-4" placeholder="Edit this description" value=question.description}}
     </div>
     <div class="col-5">
       {{markdown-to-html question.description}}
diff --git a/app/pods/questions/new/route.js b/app/pods/questions/new/route.js
index c22f378..a13ef21 100644
--- a/app/pods/questions/new/route.js
+++ b/app/pods/questions/new/route.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export default Route.extend({
   currentUser: service(),
   model () {
     return this.store.createRecord('question', {
-      title: 'This is a new question, enter title here',
-      description: 'Edit this description',
+      title: '',
+      description: '',
       user: this.get('currentUser.user')
     })
   },