diff --git a/frontend/app/work_packages/directives/inplace_editor/inplace-editor-display-pane-directive.js b/frontend/app/work_packages/directives/inplace_editor/inplace-editor-display-pane-directive.js
index 4a5e9c0d8f..72631de291 100644
--- a/frontend/app/work_packages/directives/inplace_editor/inplace-editor-display-pane-directive.js
+++ b/frontend/app/work_packages/directives/inplace_editor/inplace-editor-display-pane-directive.js
@@ -80,12 +80,11 @@ module.exports = function(
     link: function(scope, element, attrs, fieldController) {
       scope.fieldController = fieldController;
       scope.displayPaneController.field = scope.fieldController.field;
-      scope.templateUrl = '/templates/components/inplace_editor/display/' +
-        WorkPackageFieldService.getInplaceDisplayStrategy(
-          EditableFieldsState.workPackage,
-          fieldController.field
-        ) +
-        '.html';
+      var type = WorkPackageFieldService.getInplaceDisplayStrategy(
+        EditableFieldsState.workPackage,
+        fieldController.field
+      )
+      scope.templateUrl = '/templates/components/inplace_editor/display/' + type +'.html';
 
       // TODO: extract this when more placeholders come
       if (fieldController.field === 'description') {
diff --git a/frontend/app/work_packages/services/work-package-field-service.js b/frontend/app/work_packages/services/work-package-field-service.js
index b3e184b1c6..a6e45c09d9 100644
--- a/frontend/app/work_packages/services/work-package-field-service.js
+++ b/frontend/app/work_packages/services/work-package-field-service.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module.exports = function(
   }
 
   function getValue(workPackage, field) {
-    if(field == 'date') {
+    if (field === 'date') {
       return {
         startDate: workPackage.props['startDate'],
         dueDate: workPackage.props['dueDate']
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ module.exports = function(
         break;
       case 'User':
         displayStrategy = 'user';
+        break;
       case 'DateRange':
         displayStrategy = 'daterange';
         break;
diff --git a/frontend/tests/integration/specs/work-packages/details-pane/details-pane-editable-spec.js b/frontend/tests/integration/specs/work-packages/details-pane/details-pane-editable-spec.js
index 938a5de0d6..f32a71b73a 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/integration/specs/work-packages/details-pane/details-pane-editable-spec.js
+++ b/frontend/tests/integration/specs/work-packages/details-pane/details-pane-editable-spec.js
@@ -237,11 +237,9 @@ describe('OpenProject', function(){
             detailsPaneHelper.showAll();
           });
 
-          xit('should render a span with placeholder', function() {
+          it('should render a span with placeholder', function() {
             expect(
               assigneeEditor
-                // TODO: this selector is wrong, as some of the "no start/end date"
-                // logic bleeds into the assignee field
                 .$('span.inplace-edit--read-value span')
                 .getText()
             ).to.eventually.equal('-');