1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
index e913c7228..fd19f14f8 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/FormattedTextBox.tsx
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ export class FormattedTextBox extends DocAnnotatableComponent<(FieldViewProps &
             });
             const startupText = !rtfField && this._editorView && Field.toString(this.dataDoc[fieldKey] as Field);
             if (startupText) {
-                this._editorView!.dispatch(this._editorView!.state.tr.insertText(startupText));
+                this._editorView.dispatch(this._editorView.state.tr.insertText(startupText));
             }
         }