diff --git a/src/javascript/components/TextPageView.jsx b/src/javascript/components/TextPageView.jsx
index 8bdea2f..7fd0ddc 100644
--- a/src/javascript/components/TextPageView.jsx
+++ b/src/javascript/components/TextPageView.jsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default class TextPageView extends React.Component {
         return (
             <div>
               <h2>{ header }</h2>
-              <textarea rows="45" cols="150" defaultValue={ this.props.page.text }>
+              <textarea rows="45" cols="150" value={ this.props.page.text }>
               </textarea>
             </div>
             );