diff --git a/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py b/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
index effc493..a86b6b2 100644
--- a/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
+++ b/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ from rich.markdown import Markdown
 LEVEL = "LEVEL"
 QUESTION = "QUESTION"
 ANSWER = "ANSWER"
-# EXPLANATION = "" 
+EXPLICATION = "EXPLICATION" 
+POSSIBILITIES = "POSSIBILITIES"
+UUID = "UUID"
 
 
 class Question(object):
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ class Question(object):
         self._answers = self._data[ANSWER].strip().split(" ")
         self._answers = [x for x in self._answers if x]
         self._create_list_of_possibilities()
+        try:
+            self._explication = self._data[EXPLICATION].strip()
+        except:
+            self._explication = "No explication available for this question"
 
     def dump_json(self):
         """
@@ -41,10 +47,11 @@ class Question(object):
         TODO needs a key to include the date for issue 5
         """
         data = {
-                "UUID": self.get_uuid(),
+                UUID: self.get_uuid(),
                 QUESTION: self.get_question(),
                 ANSWER: self.get_right_answers(),
-                "POSSIBILITIES": self.get_possibilities(),
+                POSSIBILITIES: self.get_possibilities(),
+                EXPLICATION: self.get_explication()
                 }
         return json.dumps(data)
 
@@ -54,9 +61,9 @@ class Question(object):
     def get_question(self):
         return self._question
 
-    def get_explanation(self):
-        """PLACEHOLDER for issue 5"""
-        pass
+    def get_explication(self):
+        """returns the explication as a string"""
+        return self._explication
 
     def _create_list_of_possibilities(self):
         """creates and cleans a list of all the possible answers"""
diff --git a/standalone_tui.py b/standalone_tui.py
index 22b7e61..0a3413f 100755
--- a/standalone_tui.py
+++ b/standalone_tui.py
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ class Tui(object):
         self._console.print(md)
 
     def show_explanation(self, question):
-        """PLACEHOLDER for issue 5"""
-        pass
+        md = "--- \n {} \n \n ---".format(question.get_explication())
+        md = Markdown(md)
+        self._console.print(md)
 
     def show_success(self, success):
         md = "# {}".format(random.choice(MSG[success]))