diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js
index 7633280..bd610a5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ $(function(){
   $("#question_input_type").on('change', function(){
     var qid = $(this).attr('data-qid') === undefined ? '' : "/" + $(this).attr('data-qid');
                                             // /admin/question(/:question_id)/options/:input_type
-    $("[data-id=input-options-wrapper]").load("/admin/question" + qid + "/options/" + $(this).val());
+    $("[data-id=input-options-wrapper]").load("/admin/question" + qid + "/options/" + $(this).val(), function(){
+      $(".code-input textarea").linedtextarea();
+    });
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/question_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/question_controller.rb
index c066353..ee5a355 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/question_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/question_controller.rb
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ module Admin
       def process_question_params
         question = question_params
         question[:input_options] = question_params[:multi_choice] unless question_params[:multi_choice].nil?
-        question[:input_options] = question_params[:live_coder] unless question_params[:live_coder].nil?
+        question[:input_options] = question_params[:live_code] unless question_params[:live_code].nil?
         question.delete(:multi_choice)
-        question.delete(:live_coder)
+        question.delete(:live_code)
         question
       end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/question.rb b/app/models/question.rb
index cdcdb3e..2b8cac3 100644
--- a/app/models/question.rb
+++ b/app/models/question.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 class Question < ApplicationRecord
-  serialize :input_options, Array
+  serialize :input_options
 
   has_many :answers
   belongs_to :quiz
 
+  after_initialize :prepare_input_options
   before_validation :compact_input_options
 
   validates :quiz_id, presence: true
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ class Question < ApplicationRecord
   private
 
     def compact_input_options
-      self.input_options = input_options.reject(&:blank?)
+      self.input_options = input_options.reject { |_k, v| v.blank? } if input_options.class == Hash
+      self.input_options = input_options.reject(&:blank?) if input_options.class == Array
+    end
+
+    def prepare_input_options
+      self.input_options = input_options || {}
     end
 end
diff --git a/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb b/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb
index 4d62810..bf76fd2 100644
--- a/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ class AnswerFormatValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
     end
 
     def live_code record, attribute, value
-      return unless value.nil? || value.values.join.blank?
+      seed = (Question.find_by(id: record.question_id) || Question.new).input_options
+
+      return unless value.nil? || value.values.join.blank? || !match_seed?(value, seed)
 
       record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || live_code_error_message(value))
     end
@@ -44,4 +46,16 @@ class AnswerFormatValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
       end
       "You must write comments or code in one of the textareas to progress."
     end
+
+    def match_seed? value, seed
+      s_value = value.stringify_keys
+      s_seed = seed.stringify_keys
+      keys = s_value.merge(s_seed).keys.uniq
+
+      matches = keys.inject([]) do |memo, k|
+        memo << (s_value[k].to_s.strip == s_seed[k].to_s.strip)
+      end
+
+      matches.include? false
+    end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/question/_live_code.html.erb b/app/views/admin/question/_live_code.html.erb
index 04af9e6..99793f0 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/question/_live_code.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/question/_live_code.html.erb
@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
-<%
-
-  return nil
-
-  # don't load this partial yet. Will finish in issue #16
-  # https://gitlab.perficientxd.com/pdr/skill-assessment-app/issues/16
-  options = { 'text' => '', 'html' => '', 'css' => '', 'js' => '' }
-%>
-
-
 <div data-id="live-coder-answer">
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="question_input_options_html">HTML</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'question[live_code][html]', options['html'], { data: {id: 'code-html', last: options['html']}, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'question[live_code][html]', question.input_options['html'], { data: {id: 'code-html', last: question.input_options['html']}, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="question_input_options_css">CSS</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'question[live_code][css]', options['css'], { data: {id: 'code-css', last: options['css']}, class: 'code-answer code-css' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'question[live_code][css]', question.input_options['css'], { data: {id: 'code-css', last: question.input_options['css']}, class: 'code-answer code-css' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="question_input_options_js">JS</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'question[live_code][js]', options['js'], { data: {id: 'code-js', last: options['js']}, class: 'code-answer code-js' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'question[live_code][js]', question.input_options['js'], { data: {id: 'code-js', last: question.input_options['js']}, class: 'code-answer code-js' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="results" data-id="results"></div>
 </div>
-
diff --git a/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb b/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb
index 9a3a344..b3a92b0 100644
--- a/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/quiz/_live_code.html.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
                     name: "answer[#{question.input_type}][later]",
                  checked: Array(question.answer).include?('finish-later')
                   }
-  answers = answer.try(:answer) || answer
+
+  answers    = answer.try(:answer) || answer
+  value_text = answers['text']     || question.input_options['text']
+  value_html = answers['html']     || question.input_options['html']
+  value_css  = answers['css']      || question.input_options['css']
+  value_js   = answers['js']       || question.input_options['js']
 %>
 
 <%= render partial: "quiz/answer_errors", locals: {question: question, answer: answer} %>
@@ -38,21 +43,21 @@
 
 <div id="answer<%= question.question_id %>" data-id="live-coder-answer" style="display: none;">
   <label for="answer_live_code_text">Enter answer here</label>
-  <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][text]', (answers['text']), { disabled: true, data: {last: answers['text']}} %>
+  <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][text]', value_text, { disabled: true, data: {last: answers['text']}} %>
 
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="answer_live_code_html">HTML</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][html]', (answers['html']), { disabled: true, data: {id: 'code-html', last: answers['html']}, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][html]', value_html, { disabled: true, data: {id: 'code-html', last: answers['html']}, class: 'code-answer code-html' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="answer_live_code_css">CSS</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][css]', (answers['css']), { disabled: true, data: {id: 'code-css', last: answers['css']}, class: 'code-answer code-css' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][css]', value_css, { disabled: true, data: {id: 'code-css', last: answers['css']}, class: 'code-answer code-css' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="code-input">
     <label for="answer_live_code_js">JS</label>
-    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][js]', (answers['js']), { disabled: true, data: {id: 'code-js', last: answers['js']}, class: 'code-answer code-js' } %>
+    <%= text_area_tag 'answer[live_code][js]', value_js, { disabled: true, data: {id: 'code-js', last: answers['js']}, class: 'code-answer code-js' } %>
   </div>
 
   <div class="results" data-id="results"></div>
diff --git a/app/workers/candidate_quiz_question.rb b/app/workers/candidate_quiz_question.rb
index 70220e8..20e4d9b 100644
--- a/app/workers/candidate_quiz_question.rb
+++ b/app/workers/candidate_quiz_question.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class CandidateQuizQuestion
   end
 
   def input_options
-    YAML.load(row["input_options"].to_s)
+    YAML.load(row["input_options"].to_s) || {}
   end
 
   def answer
diff --git a/test/fixtures/questions.yml b/test/fixtures/questions.yml
index e0e02ed..db562de 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/questions.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/questions.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ fed7:
   category: Javascript
   input_type: live_code
   input_options:
+    :html: "<p>sample seed html</p>"
+    :css: "body { color: #644; }"
   sort: 6
   active: true
 
diff --git a/test/integration/question_live_coder_test.rb b/test/integration/question_live_coder_test.rb
index b61b19f..9fec713 100644
--- a/test/integration/question_live_coder_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/question_live_coder_test.rb
@@ -15,4 +15,13 @@ class QuestionLiveCoderTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     # TODO: add in capybara and test form post
     # assert_redirected summary_path
   end
+
+  test "should load seed data into live coder" do
+    setup_auth candidates(:juan)
+    question = questions(:fed7)
+
+    get question_path(question.id)
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_select '#answer_live_code_html', question.input_options['html']
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/models/question_test.rb b/test/models/question_test.rb
index c5465fa..ab2e1ec 100644
--- a/test/models/question_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/question_test.rb
@@ -11,4 +11,11 @@ class QuestionTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
     assert_equal 2, question.input_options.count
   end
+
+  test 'should have seed input for live_coder' do
+    question = Question.find questions(:fed7).to_i
+
+    assert_kind_of Hash, question.input_options
+    assert question.input_options.keys.include? :html
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helpers/answer_validatable.rb b/test/test_helpers/answer_validatable.rb
index 0b0e71e..cb2ba6d 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers/answer_validatable.rb
+++ b/test/test_helpers/answer_validatable.rb
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ class AnswerValidatable
 
   attr_accessor :answer
   attr_accessor :question
+  attr_accessor :question_id
 
   validates :answer, answer_format: true
 
   MockQuestion = Struct.new(:input_type)
 
-  def initialize input_type
+  def initialize input_type, qid = nil
     @input_type = input_type
+    @question_id = qid
   end
 
   def question
diff --git a/test/validators/answer_format_validator/live_code_test.rb b/test/validators/answer_format_validator/live_code_test.rb
index 9f6de95..68515d1 100644
--- a/test/validators/answer_format_validator/live_code_test.rb
+++ b/test/validators/answer_format_validator/live_code_test.rb
@@ -48,4 +48,20 @@ class AnswerFormatValidatorTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert obj.valid?
     assert obj.errors.messages.empty?
   end
+
+  test "live_code should PASS using seed data" do
+    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code', questions(:fed7).id)
+    obj.answer = { text: "no thanks", html: "<p>sample seed html</p>", css: "body { color: #644; }", js: "" }
+
+    assert obj.valid?
+    assert obj.errors.messages.empty?
+  end
+
+  test "live_code should FAIL with seed data only" do
+    obj = AnswerValidatable.new('live_code', questions(:fed7).id)
+    obj.answer = { text: "", html: "<p>sample seed html</p>", css: "body { color: #644; }", js: "" }
+
+    refute obj.valid?
+    assert_match(/write.*code/, obj.errors.messages[:answer][0])
+  end
 end