diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
index 48d6ac813e..9d797c24af 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { ClassWithAttributes } from "./et2_core_inheritance";
 import { et2_register_widget, et2_createWidget } from "./et2_core_widget";
 import { et2_no_init } from "./et2_core_common";
 import { egw } from "../jsapi/egw_global";
-import { tinymce } from "../../../vendor/tinymce/tinymce/tinymce.min.js";
+import "../../../vendor/tinymce/tinymce/tinymce.min.js";
 import { etemplate2 } from "./etemplate2";
 /**
  * @augments et2_inputWidget
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export class et2_htmlarea extends et2_editableWidget {
         }
         // default settings for initialization
         let settings = {
+            base_url: egw.webserverUrl + '/vendor/tinymce/tinymce',
             target: this.htmlNode[0],
             body_id: this.dom_id + '_htmlarea',
             menubar: false,
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts
index 48dd58342a..67a05b12f3 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_htmlarea.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {et2_IResizeable} from "./et2_core_interfaces";
 import {et2_no_init} from "./et2_core_common";
 import {egw} from "../jsapi/egw_global";
 import {et2_vfsSelect} from "./et2_widget_vfs";
-import {tinymce} from "../../../vendor/tinymce/tinymce/tinymce.min.js";
+import "../../../vendor/tinymce/tinymce/tinymce.min.js";
 import {etemplate2} from "./etemplate2";
 
 /**
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ export class et2_htmlarea extends et2_editableWidget implements et2_IResizeable
 		}
 		// default settings for initialization
 		let settings = {
+			base_url: egw.webserverUrl + '/vendor/tinymce/tinymce',
 			target: this.htmlNode[0],
 			body_id: this.dom_id + '_htmlarea',
 			menubar: false,