diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfiguration.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfiguration.cs
index e00252b076..86a4184307 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfiguration.cs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
     public class TextAreaConfiguration
     {
         [ConfigurationField("maxChars", "Maximum allowed characters", "number", Description = "If empty - no character limit")]
-        public int MaxChars { get; set; }
+        public int? MaxChars { get; set; }
 
         [ConfigurationField("rows", "Number of rows", "number", Description = "If empty - 10 rows would be set as the default value")]
-        public int Rows { get; set; }
+        public int? Rows { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfigurationEditor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfigurationEditor.cs
index d02a222590..210a571c17 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfigurationEditor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PropertyEditors/TextAreaConfigurationEditor.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PropertyEditors
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents the configuration editor for the textarea value editor.
     /// </summary>
-    public class TextAreaConfigurationEditor : ConfigurationEditor
+    public class TextAreaConfigurationEditor : ConfigurationEditor<TextAreaConfiguration>
     { }
-}
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+}