diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-qa-1.json b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-qa-1.json
index ea1cf1c320b6a656f1492ab6d97b5bc71b8044dc..4f2e7d2627a800ad68ec56ffedb40a3215dff400 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-qa-1.json
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/common_schema_template-qa-1.json
@@ -90,13 +90,16 @@
           "default": {}
         },
         "inspection_plots": {
-          "$ref": "http://tmss.lofar.org/api/schemas/commonschematemplate/QA/1#/definitions/inspection_plots"
+          "$ref": "http://tmss.lofar.org/api/schemas/commonschematemplate/QA/1#/definitions/inspection_plots",
+          "default": "msplots"
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties":false,
       "required": [
         "file_conversion",
-        "plots"]
+        "plots",
+        "inspection_plots"
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/subtask_template-observation-1.json b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/subtask_template-observation-1.json
index 2551c49f7621cb8795c6a0c12373f05112c64a5d..780db44e0a67b97637c2ef1fc1cf29395e9775ca 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/subtask_template-observation-1.json
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/schemas/subtask_template-observation-1.json
@@ -344,16 +344,19 @@
     "QA": {
       "title":"QA Settings",
       "type":"object",
+      "default": {},
       "additonalProperties": false,
       "properties": {
         "inspection_plots": {
-          "$ref": "http://tmss.lofar.org/api/schemas/commonschematemplate/QA/1#/definitions/inspection_plots"
+          "$ref": "http://tmss.lofar.org/api/schemas/commonschematemplate/QA/1#/definitions/inspection_plots",
+          "default": "msplots"
         }
       }
     }
   },
   "required":[
     "stations",
-    "COBALT"
+    "COBALT",
+    "QA"
   ]
 }