diff --git a/src/common/services/api/common.service.js b/src/common/services/api/common.service.js
index ae5150a28..e80ac1b5f 100644
--- a/src/common/services/api/common.service.js
+++ b/src/common/services/api/common.service.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Common {
       path: ['nextdrawdate'],
       cache: true
     })
-      .pluck('next-draw-date')
+      .pluck('next-draw-date', 'string')
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/services/api/common.service.spec.js b/src/common/services/api/common.service.spec.js
index 705689bab..3c5e761d2 100644
--- a/src/common/services/api/common.service.spec.js
+++ b/src/common/services/api/common.service.spec.js
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ describe('common service', () => {
   describe('getNextDrawDate', () => {
     it('should get next draw date', () => {
       self.$httpBackend.expectGET('https://give-stage2.cru.org/cortex/nextdrawdate')
-        .respond(200, { 'next-draw-date': '2016-10-01' })
+        .respond(200, { 'next-draw-date': {
+            chars: '2016-10-01',
+            string: '2016-10-01',
+            valueType: 'STRING'
+          } })
       self.commonService.getNextDrawDate().subscribe(date => {
         expect(date).toEqual('2016-10-01')
       })