From 0d7170600aa3369d547f578542fc6f225bf23668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Nordell <joel.nordell@erisfutures.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 12:27:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] use hasOwnProperty instead of requiring a "true" value for
 startval

---
 src/core.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index b98241638..c8e52711a 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ JSONEditor.prototype = {
       self.root.postBuild();
 
       // Starting data
-      if(self.options.startval) self.root.setValue(self.options.startval);
+      if(self.options.hasOwnProperty('startval')) self.root.setValue(self.options.startval);
 
       self.validation_results = self.validator.validate(self.root.getValue());
       self.root.showValidationErrors(self.validation_results);