diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5d849385..9c6c9e86d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Deobfuscation icon on script toolbar did not match the deobfuscation status
 - [#1938] AS3 Direct editation - implied this instead of findprop
 - [#1938] AS3 Direct editation - local registers coerce/convert
+- [#1938] AS3 Direct editation - setting default values for slots
 
 ## [18.3.2] - 2023-01-10
 ### Removed
diff --git a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/parser/script/AVM2SourceGenerator.java b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/parser/script/AVM2SourceGenerator.java
index e9c623ae0..3f8dae9ce 100644
--- a/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/parser/script/AVM2SourceGenerator.java
+++ b/libsrc/ffdec_lib/src/com/jpexs/decompiler/flash/abc/avm2/parser/script/AVM2SourceGenerator.java
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ public class AVM2SourceGenerator implements SourceGenerator {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                NameAVM2Item d = new NameAVM2Item(n.type, n.line, n.isAttribute(), n.getVariableName(), n.getNamespaceSuffix(), NameAVM2Item.getDefaultValue("" + n.type), true, n.openedNamespaces, abcIndex);
+                NameAVM2Item d = new NameAVM2Item(n.type, n.line, n.isAttribute(), n.getVariableName(), n.getNamespaceSuffix(), null /*NameAVM2Item.getDefaultValue("" + n.type)*/, true, n.openedNamespaces, abcIndex);
                 //no index
                 if (needsActivation) {
                     if (d.getSlotNumber() <= 0) {