diff --git a/plugins/talk-plugin-rich-text/client/components/Editor.js b/plugins/talk-plugin-rich-text/client/components/Editor.js
index f8d6b5346..d83412da9 100644
--- a/plugins/talk-plugin-rich-text/client/components/Editor.js
+++ b/plugins/talk-plugin-rich-text/client/components/Editor.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Editor extends React.Component {
   };
 
   getHTML(props = this.props) {
-    if (props.input.richTextBody) {
+    if (props.input.richTextBody !== undefined) {
       return props.input.richTextBody;
     }
     return (