diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c8959b798..0485659be 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-plotly.js-editor",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/components/fields/MultiFormatTextEditor.js b/src/components/fields/MultiFormatTextEditor.js
index c1be572d8..841250f40 100644
--- a/src/components/fields/MultiFormatTextEditor.js
+++ b/src/components/fields/MultiFormatTextEditor.js
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import {connectToContainer} from 'lib';
 
 export class UnconnectedMultiFormatTextEditor extends Component {
   render() {
+    const {multiValued, container, attr} = this.props;
     let fullValue = this.props.fullValue;
+
     let placeholder;
-    if (this.props.multiValued) {
+    if (multiValued || (!container[attr] && fullValue)) {
       placeholder = fullValue;
       fullValue = '';
     }
+
     return (
       <Field {...this.props}>
         <MultiFormatTextEditor
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/text_editors/MultiFormatTextEditor.js b/src/components/widgets/text_editors/MultiFormatTextEditor.js
index 64e9754c0..1e461e022 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/text_editors/MultiFormatTextEditor.js
+++ b/src/components/widgets/text_editors/MultiFormatTextEditor.js
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ class MultiFormatTextEditor extends Component {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const {onChange, placeholder, value, localize: _} = this.props;
+    const {onChange, localize: _, placeholder, value} = this.props;
+
     const {currentTab} = this.state;
 
     const richTextClassNames = classnames(