diff --git a/src/AnnotationCreation.js b/src/AnnotationCreation.js
index 38263506d82e093ae396c841bc87740076b9e574..8284aee9fa8de17e361f4c4a64ffafc75e304caf 100644
--- a/src/AnnotationCreation.js
+++ b/src/AnnotationCreation.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class AnnotationCreation extends Component {
       textEditorStateBustingKey: 0,
       xywh: null,
       // eslint-disable-next-line sort-keys
-      valueTime: [],
+      valueTime: [20, 37],
       ...annoState,
       valuetextTime: '',
     };