diff --git a/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/index.tsx b/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/index.tsx
index e8a97e1d..6642dce5 100644
--- a/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/index.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ useEffect(() => {
   if (visualStartPage === undefined) return <></>
   return (
     <Box>
-      {!visualStartPage ? (
+      {visualStartPage ? (
         <StartPageViewPublication setVisualStartPage={setVisualStartPage}/>
       ) : (
         <Question questions={filteredQuestions} />
diff --git a/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/questions/Number.tsx b/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/questions/Number.tsx
index 5b49ed41..6634e4b1 100644
--- a/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/questions/Number.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ViewPublicationPage/questions/Number.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { CustomSlider } from "@ui_kit/CustomSlider";
 import { useQuizViewStore, updateAnswer } from "@root/quizView";
 
 import type { QuizQuestionNumber } from "../../../model/questionTypes/number";
-import {CustomSlider} from "@ui_kit/CustomSlider";
 
 type NumberProps = {
   currentQuestion: QuizQuestionNumber;
@@ -39,27 +38,21 @@ export const Number = ({ currentQuestion }: NumberProps) => {
     },
     1000
   );
-  const { answer } =
-    answers.find(
-      ({ questionId }) => questionId === currentQuestion.content.id
-    ) ?? {};
+  const answer = answers.find(
+    ({ questionId }) => questionId === currentQuestion.content.id
+  )?.answer as string;
 
   const min = window.Number(currentQuestion.content.range.split("—")[0]);
   const max = window.Number(currentQuestion.content.range.split("—")[1]);
+  const sliderValue = answer || currentQuestion.content.start + "—" + max;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (answer) {
       setMinRange(answer.split("—")[0]);
       setMaxRange(answer.split("—")[1]);
     }
-    if (!answer) {
-      updateAnswer(
-        currentQuestion.content.id,
-        currentQuestion.content.chooseRange
-          ? `${currentQuestion.content.start}—${max}`
-          : String(currentQuestion.content.start)
-      );
 
+    if (!answer) {
       setMinRange(String(currentQuestion.content.start));
       setMaxRange(String(max));
     }
@@ -80,10 +73,10 @@ export const Number = ({ currentQuestion }: NumberProps) => {
         <CustomSlider
           value={
             currentQuestion.content.chooseRange
-              ? answer?.split("—").length || 0 > 1
-                ? answer?.split("—").map((item) => window.Number(item))
+              ? sliderValue.split("—").length || 0 > 1
+                ? sliderValue.split("—").map((item) => window.Number(item))
                 : [min, min + 1]
-              : window.Number(answer || 1)
+              : window.Number(sliderValue.split("—")[0])
           }
           min={min}
           max={max}