diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/spa.js b/app/assets/javascripts/spa.js
index 9b13d2d..2920c10 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/spa.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/spa.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ app.controller('TransgressionsController', ['$http', function($http){
   });
 
   this.SIN_TYPES = [ 'Gluttony', 'Greed', 'Anger', 'Pride', 'Lust', 'Sloth', 'Envy'];
+  this.newTransgressionSinType = 'Gluttony';
 
   this.createTransgression = function(){
     var csrf = document.querySelector('meta[name="csrf-token"]').getAttribute('content');
diff --git a/app/views/spa.html.erb b/app/views/spa.html.erb
index 12ab634..99acb58 100644
--- a/app/views/spa.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/spa.html.erb
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     </ul>
     <h2>The Flesh is Weak</h2>
     <form ng-submit="transgressionsCtrl.createTransgression()">
+      I feast upon your weakness:
       <select ng-model="transgressionsCtrl.newTransgressionSinType">
-        <option selected>Your Weakness:</option>
         <option
           value="{{SIN_TYPE}}"
           ng-repeat="SIN_TYPE in transgressionsCtrl.SIN_TYPES track by $index">