1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
index 71ef9bc84..b88ac113e 100644
--- a/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/nodes/PDFBox.tsx
@@ -226,10 +226,11 @@ export class PDFBox extends ViewBoxAnnotatableComponent<ViewBoxAnnotatableProps
             PresBox.pinDocView(anchor, { pinData: { scrollable: true, pannable: true } }, this.rootDoc);
             return anchor;
         };
-        const anchor = this._pdfViewer?._getAnchor(this._pdfViewer.savedAnnotations(), false) ?? docAnchor();
+        const annoAnchor = this._pdfViewer?._getAnchor(this._pdfViewer.savedAnnotations(), true);
+        const anchor = annoAnchor ?? docAnchor();
         anchor.text = ele?.textContent ?? '';
         anchor.textHtml = ele?.innerHTML;
-        if (addAsAnnotation) {
+        if (addAsAnnotation || annoAnchor) {
             this.addDocument(anchor);
         }
         return anchor;