diff --git a/inception/inception-support/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/support/wicket/resource/Strings.java b/inception/inception-support/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/support/wicket/resource/Strings.java
index 10b53cd75ea..e0eb494958c 100644
--- a/inception/inception-support/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/support/wicket/resource/Strings.java
+++ b/inception/inception-support/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/clarin/webanno/support/wicket/resource/Strings.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class Strings
 {
     public static String getString(String aKey)
     {
-        return getString(aKey);
+        return getString(aKey, null);
     }
 
     public static String getString(String aKey, String aDefaultValue)