diff --git a/packages/ui/components/editor/Editor.test.tsx b/packages/ui/components/editor/Editor.test.tsx
index f3ca4629d0..f7b0f776ea 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/editor/Editor.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/components/editor/Editor.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { TextEditorProps } from "./types";
 
 describe("Editor", () => {
   const defaultProps: TextEditorProps = {
-    getText: vi.fn(),
+    getText: vi.fn(() => ""),
     setText: vi.fn(),
     variables: ["name", "email"],
     height: "200px",
diff --git a/packages/ui/components/editor/plugins/ToolbarPlugin.tsx b/packages/ui/components/editor/plugins/ToolbarPlugin.tsx
index ca62a447bf..01fec94b28 100644
--- a/packages/ui/components/editor/plugins/ToolbarPlugin.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/components/editor/plugins/ToolbarPlugin.tsx
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ function getSelectedNode(selection: RangeSelection) {
 }
 
 export default function ToolbarPlugin(props: TextEditorProps) {
+  const isInitialized = useRef(false);
   const [editor] = useLexicalComposerContext();
   const toolbarRef = useRef(null);
   const [blockType, setBlockType] = useState("paragraph");
@@ -364,11 +365,13 @@ export default function ToolbarPlugin(props: TextEditorProps) {
   }, [props.updateTemplate]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (props.setFirstRender) {
+    if (props.setFirstRender && !isInitialized.current) {
+      isInitialized.current = true;
       props.setFirstRender(false);
       editor.update(() => {
         const parser = new DOMParser();
-        const dom = parser.parseFromString(props.getText(), "text/html");
+        const content = props.getText()?.replace(/\n/g, "<br>");
+        const dom = parser.parseFromString(content, "text/html");
 
         const nodes = $generateNodesFromDOM(editor, dom);