diff --git a/packages/backend/trpc/routers/polls.ts b/packages/backend/trpc/routers/polls.ts
index 4d1225b7d..ef495f15a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/trpc/routers/polls.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/trpc/routers/polls.ts
@@ -178,9 +178,7 @@ export const polls = router({
       if (input.optionsToAdd && input.optionsToAdd.length > 0) {
         await prisma.option.createMany({
           data: input.optionsToAdd.map((optionValue) => {
-            const [start, end] = z
-              .tuple([z.string(), z.string()])
-              .parse(optionValue.split("/"));
+            const [start, end] = optionValue.split("/");
 
             if (end) {
               return {