diff --git a/src/app/public/home-page/home-page.component.ts b/src/app/public/home-page/home-page.component.ts
index 2ad392c..6f4d1c8 100644
--- a/src/app/public/home-page/home-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/public/home-page/home-page.component.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class HomePageComponent implements OnInit {
   isWaitingForParseResult: boolean = false;
   ingredientParsed: IngredientParsed;
   error: string;
-  requestsRemaining: number;
+  requestsRemaining: number = null;
 
   constructor(private parserService: ParserService) { }