diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-analytics/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-analytics/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html
index 8ab003b892..25d819965c 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-analytics/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-analytics/src/components/widgets/dropdown/dropdown.widget.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <label class="dropdown-widget__label" [attr.for]="field.id">{{field.nameKey | translate}}</label>
     <select [formControlName]="controllerName" [attr.id]="'select-' + field.id" class="dropdown-widget__select"
             [(ngModel)]="field.value" (ngModelChange)="changeValue($event)">
-        <option *ngIf="showDefaultOption" value="">{{defaultOptionText}}</option>
+        <option *ngIf="showDefaultOption" value="null">{{defaultOptionText}}</option>
         <option *ngFor="let opt of field.options" [value]="opt.id">{{opt.label}}</option>
     </select>
 </div>
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diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-processlist/src/components/activiti-start-process.component.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-processlist/src/components/activiti-start-process.component.html
index b9fbc31b7d..4cca3b761e 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-processlist/src/components/activiti-start-process.component.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-processlist/src/components/activiti-start-process.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="mdl-textfield mdl-js-textfield alf-mdl-selectfield">
             <select name="processDefinition" [(ngModel)]="currentProcessDef.id" (ngModelChange)="onProcessDefChange($event)" id="processDefinition" required>
-                <option value="" selected="selected">{{'START_PROCESS.DIALOG.TYPE_PLACEHOLDER'|translate}}</option>
+                <option value="null">{{'START_PROCESS.DIALOG.TYPE_PLACEHOLDER'|translate}}</option>
                 <option *ngFor="let processDef of processDefinitions" [value]="processDef.id">
                     {{processDef.name}}
                 </option>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.html
index e6a6352ae7..549a40cd18 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         </div>
         <div class="mdl-textfield mdl-js-textfield alf-mdl-selectfield">
             <select name="taskForm" [(ngModel)]="formId" >
-                <option value="" selected="selected" selected>None</option>
+                <option value="null">{{'START_TASK.DIALOG.LABEL.NONE'|translate}}</option>
                 <option *ngFor="let form of forms" [value]="form.id">
                     {{form.name}}
                 </option>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.ts
index 2efb8e8839..91d57f4941 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/components/activiti-start-task.component.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class ActivitiStartTaskButton {
 
     forms: Form [];
 
-    formId: string;
+    formId: string = null;
 
     name: string;
     description: string;
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/i18n/en.json b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/i18n/en.json
index 9ffa608eab..0d265fbafc 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/i18n/en.json
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-tasklist/src/i18n/en.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         "DIALOG": {
             "TITLE": "Start Task",
             "LABEL": {
+                "NONE": "None",
                 "NAME": "Name",
                 "DESCRIPTION": "Description",
                 "ATTACHFORM" : "Attach a Form"