diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiny-mce/components/input-tiny-mce/input-tiny-mce.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiny-mce/components/input-tiny-mce/input-tiny-mce.element.ts
index 95dc06911f..e03120cdcf 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiny-mce/components/input-tiny-mce/input-tiny-mce.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/tiny-mce/components/input-tiny-mce/input-tiny-mce.element.ts
@@ -330,13 +330,14 @@ export class UmbInputTinyMceElement extends UUIFormControlMixin(UmbLitElement, '
 				}
 			});
 		});
-		editor.on('init', () => editor.setContent(this.value?.toString() ?? ''));
+
 	}
 
 	#onInit(editor: Editor) {
 		//enable browser based spell checking
 		editor.getBody().setAttribute('spellcheck', 'true');
 		uriAttributeSanitizer(editor);
+		editor.setContent(this.value?.toString() ?? '');
 	}
 
 	#onChange(value: string) {