diff --git a/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py b/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
index ec54513..effc493 100644
--- a/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
+++ b/ccpq/lib_ccpq.py
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ from rich.markdown import Markdown
 LEVEL = "LEVEL"
 QUESTION = "QUESTION"
 ANSWER = "ANSWER"
+# EXPLANATION = "" 
 
 
 class Question(object):
     """
     class to hold the question data and methods
-    TODO: needs to json methods for the REST API
     """
 
     def __init__(self, data):
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Question(object):
     def _clean_data(self):
         """
         TODO needs quite bit of actual cleanup to make the parsing more robust
+        TODO needs a 'private' variable for issue 5
         """
         self._level = self._data[LEVEL].strip()
         self._question = self._data[QUESTION].strip()
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class Question(object):
     def dump_json(self):
         """
         dumps all data to JSON for the REST API
+        TODO needs a key to include the date for issue 5
         """
         data = {
                 "UUID": self.get_uuid(),
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@ class Question(object):
     def get_question(self):
         return self._question
 
+    def get_explanation(self):
+        """PLACEHOLDER for issue 5"""
+        pass
+
     def _create_list_of_possibilities(self):
         """creates and cleans a list of all the possible answers"""
         possibilities = []
diff --git a/standalone_tui.py b/standalone_tui.py
index 1e27020..22b7e61 100755
--- a/standalone_tui.py
+++ b/standalone_tui.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class Tui(object):
             md = Markdown(md)
         self._console.print(md)
 
+    def show_explanation(self, question):
+        """PLACEHOLDER for issue 5"""
+        pass
+
     def show_success(self, success):
         md = "# {}".format(random.choice(MSG[success]))
         md = Markdown(md)
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ class Application(object):
             self._session.update_stats(stat)
             self._interface.show_success(stat)
             self._interface.show_response(question)
+            self._interface.show_explanation(question) # will work once issue 5 is addressed
             self._interface.show_stats(self._session.get_stats())
             self._number -= 1
         self.quit()