diff --git a/cmd/frontend/articles.go b/cmd/frontend/articles.go
index f376399..dd1335b 100644
--- a/cmd/frontend/articles.go
+++ b/cmd/frontend/articles.go
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ func WriteArticle(c *b.Config, db *b.DB, s *b.CookieStore) http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		data := &EditorHTMLData{Action: "submit"}
-
+		var data *EditorHTMLData
 		if session.Values["article"] == nil {
-			data = &EditorHTMLData{Article: new(b.Article)}
+			data = &EditorHTMLData{Action: "submit", Article: new(b.Article)}
 		} else {
 			data = session.Values["article"].(*EditorHTMLData)
 		}