diff --git a/src/editor/editor.js b/src/editor/editor.js
index 1c070ac..cc86622 100644
--- a/src/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/editor/editor.js
@@ -136,35 +136,41 @@ export class HeynoteEditor {
     }
 
     setContent(content) {
-        this.note = NoteFormat.load(content)
-        
-        // set buffer content
-        this.view.dispatch({
-            changes: {
-                from: 0,
-                to: this.view.state.doc.length,
-                insert: this.note.content,
-            },
-            annotations: [heynoteEvent.of(SET_CONTENT)],
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+            this.note = NoteFormat.load(content)
+            
+            // set buffer content
+            this.view.dispatch({
+                changes: {
+                    from: 0,
+                    to: this.view.state.doc.length,
+                    insert: this.note.content,
+                },
+                annotations: [heynoteEvent.of(SET_CONTENT)],
+            })
+
+            // Ensure we have a parsed syntax tree when buffer is loaded. This prevents errors for large buffers
+            // when moving the cursor to the end of the buffer when the program starts
+            ensureSyntaxTree(this.view.state, this.view.state.doc.length, 5000)
+
+            // Set cursor positions
+            // We use requestAnimationFrame to avoid a race condition causing the scrollIntoView to sometimes not work
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                if (this.note.cursors) {
+                    this.view.dispatch({
+                        selection: EditorSelection.fromJSON(this.note.cursors),
+                        scrollIntoView: true,
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    // if metadata doesn't contain cursor position, we set the cursor to the end of the buffer
+                    this.view.dispatch({
+                        selection: {anchor: this.view.state.doc.length, head: this.view.state.doc.length},
+                        scrollIntoView: true,
+                    })
+                }
+                resolve()
+            })
         })
-
-        // Ensure we have a parsed syntax tree when buffer is loaded. This prevents errors for large buffers
-        // when moving the cursor to the end of the buffer when the program starts
-        ensureSyntaxTree(this.view.state, this.view.state.doc.length, 5000)
-
-        // set cursor positions
-        if (this.note.cursors) {
-            this.view.dispatch({
-                selection: EditorSelection.fromJSON(this.note.cursors),
-                scrollIntoView: true,
-            })
-        } else {
-            // if metadata doesn't contain cursor position, we set the cursor to the end of the buffer
-            this.view.dispatch({
-                selection: {anchor: this.view.state.doc.length, head: this.view.state.doc.length},
-                scrollIntoView: true,
-            })
-        }
     }
 
     getBlocks() {
diff --git a/tests/block-creation.spec.js b/tests/block-creation.spec.js
index 2d9e54c..b00a55f 100644
--- a/tests/block-creation.spec.js
+++ b/tests/block-creation.spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test.beforeEach(async ({page}) => {
     await heynotePage.goto()
 
     expect((await heynotePage.getBlocks()).length).toBe(1)
-    heynotePage.setContent(`
+    await heynotePage.setContent(`
 ∞∞∞text
 Block A
 ∞∞∞text
diff --git a/tests/formatting.spec.js b/tests/formatting.spec.js
index 5b5bbac..4a63310 100644
--- a/tests/formatting.spec.js
+++ b/tests/formatting.spec.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
 
 
 test("JSON formatting", async ({ page }) => {
-    heynotePage.setContent(`
+    await heynotePage.setContent(`
 ∞∞∞json
     {"test": 1, "key2": "hey!"}
 `)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test("JSON formatting", async ({ page }) => {
 })
 
 test("JSON formatting (cursor at start)", async ({ page }) => {
-    heynotePage.setContent(`
+    await heynotePage.setContent(`
 ∞∞∞json
     {"test": 1, "key2": "hey!"}
 `)
diff --git a/tests/note-format.spec.js b/tests/note-format.spec.js
index 33d5655..70c26f3 100644
--- a/tests/note-format.spec.js
+++ b/tests/note-format.spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
 
 
 test("test restore cursor position", async ({ page, browserName }) => {
-    heynotePage.setContent(`{"formatVersion":"1.0", "cursors":{"ranges":[{"anchor":13,"head":13}],"main":0}}
+    await heynotePage.setContent(`{"formatVersion":"1.0", "cursors":{"ranges":[{"anchor":13,"head":13}],"main":0}}
 ∞∞∞text
 Textblock`)
     await page.locator("body").press((heynotePage.isMac ? "Meta" : "Control") +  "+Alt+Enter")
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ block`)
 
 
 test("test save cursor positions", async ({ page, browserName }) => {
-    heynotePage.setContent(`{"formatVersion":"1.0", "cursors":{"ranges":[{"anchor":9,"head":9}],"main":0}}
+    await heynotePage.setContent(`{"formatVersion":"1.0", "cursors":{"ranges":[{"anchor":9,"head":9}],"main":0}}
 ∞∞∞text
 this
 is