diff --git a/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProvider.kt b/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProvider.kt
index 551e9e36..b271fcd8 100644
--- a/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProvider.kt
+++ b/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProvider.kt
@@ -249,27 +249,21 @@ class AsyncCheckProvider(private val config: ConfigStore, private val db: SyncDa
             if (answerMap.containsKey(q.serverId)) {
                 answer = answerMap[q.serverId]
                 try {
-                    answer = q.clean_answer(answer, q.options, false)
                     val jo = JSONObject()
                     jo.put("answer", answer)
-                    jo.put("question", q.serverId)
+                    jo.put("question", q.serverId) // server expects question server_id here
                     if (q.askDuringCheckIn) {
                         givenAnswers.put(jo)
                     }
-                    if (q.showDuringCheckIn) {
-                        shownAnswers.add(TicketCheckProvider.QuestionAnswer(q, questionJson, answer))
-                    }
-                } catch (e: QuestionLike.ValidationException) {
-                    answer = ""
-                    if (q.askDuringCheckIn) {
-                        askQuestions = true
-                    }
-                } catch (e: JSONException) {
+                } catch (_: JSONException) {
                     answer = ""
                     if (q.askDuringCheckIn) {
                         askQuestions = true
                     }
                 }
+                if (q.showDuringCheckIn) {
+                    shownAnswers.add(TicketCheckProvider.QuestionAnswer(q, questionJson, answer))
+                }
             } else {
                 if (q.askDuringCheckIn) {
                     askQuestions = true
diff --git a/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/OnlineCheckProvider.kt b/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/OnlineCheckProvider.kt
index 4780dcce..bdde8e04 100644
--- a/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/OnlineCheckProvider.kt
+++ b/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/OnlineCheckProvider.kt
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class OnlineCheckProvider(
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        res.shownAnswers = shownAnswers
+                        res.shownAnswers = shownAnswers.sortedBy { it.question.position }
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/models/db/OrderPositionExtensions.kt b/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/models/db/OrderPositionExtensions.kt
index 93fbef0a..8e842b15 100644
--- a/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/models/db/OrderPositionExtensions.kt
+++ b/libpretixsync/src/main/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/models/db/OrderPositionExtensions.kt
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ private fun parseAnswersWithOptionIds(json: JSONObject): Map<Long, String>? {
         val res: MutableMap<Long, String> = HashMap()
         for (i in 0 until arr.length()) {
             val a = arr.getJSONObject(i)
-            val opts = a.getJSONArray("options")
-            if (opts.length() > 0) {
+            val opts = a.optJSONArray("options")
+            if (opts != null && opts.length() > 0) {
                 val aw = StringBuilder()
                 for (j in 0 until opts.length()) {
                     if (aw.length > 0) {
diff --git a/libpretixsync/src/main/sqldelight/common/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/sqldelight/Question.sq b/libpretixsync/src/main/sqldelight/common/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/sqldelight/Question.sq
index 075da873..ac7876c4 100644
--- a/libpretixsync/src/main/sqldelight/common/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/sqldelight/Question.sq
+++ b/libpretixsync/src/main/sqldelight/common/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/sqldelight/Question.sq
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ WHERE Question.id IN (
     SELECT Question_Item.QuestionId
     FROM Question_Item
     WHERE Question_Item.ItemId = :item_id
-);
+)
+ORDER BY Question.position ASC;
 
 selectByServerIdListAndEventSlug:
 SELECT *
diff --git a/libpretixsync/src/test/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProviderTest.kt b/libpretixsync/src/test/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProviderTest.kt
index 7d235e51..95180614 100644
--- a/libpretixsync/src/test/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProviderTest.kt
+++ b/libpretixsync/src/test/java/eu/pretix/libpretixsync/check/AsyncCheckProviderTest.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList
 
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Ignore
 
 class AsyncCheckProviderTest : BaseDatabaseTest() {
     private var configStore: FakeConfigStore? = null
@@ -959,7 +960,7 @@ class AsyncCheckProviderTest : BaseDatabaseTest() {
         assertEquals("[{\"answer\":\"True\",\"question\":1}]", qciList[0].answers)
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test @Ignore("Validation happens in the question dialog already, validation dropped from checkin itself")
     fun testQuestionsInvalidInput() {
         QuestionSyncAdapter(db, FakeFileStorage(), "demo", fakeApi!!, "", null).standaloneRefreshFromJSON(
             jsonResource("questions/question2.json")
@@ -971,7 +972,7 @@ class AsyncCheckProviderTest : BaseDatabaseTest() {
         val ra = r.requiredAnswers!![0]
 
         val answers = ArrayList<Answer>()
-        answers.add(Answer(ra.question.toModel(), "True"))
+        answers.add(Answer(ra.question.toModel(), "True")) // should be a number
 
         r = p!!.check(mapOf("demo" to 1L), "kfndgffgyw4tdgcacx6bb3bgemq69cxj", "barcode", answers, false, false, TicketCheckProvider.CheckInType.ENTRY)
         assertEquals(TicketCheckProvider.CheckResult.Type.ANSWERS_REQUIRED, r.type)
diff --git a/libpretixsync/src/testFixtures/resources/orders/order4.json b/libpretixsync/src/testFixtures/resources/orders/order4.json
index afb6b741..455e048c 100644
--- a/libpretixsync/src/testFixtures/resources/orders/order4.json
+++ b/libpretixsync/src/testFixtures/resources/orders/order4.json
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@
       "answers": [
         {
           "question": 1,
-          "answer": "True"
+          "answer": "True",
+          "question_identifier": "AAAABBBC",
+          "options": [],
+          "option_identifiers": []
         }
       ],
       "tax_rule": null,