diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
index aa3d6d03f..ddb1687bb 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixcontrol/js/ui/editor.js
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ var editor = {
             } else if (d.content === "other_i18n") {
                 o.text_i18n = d.text_i18n
                 o.setText(d.text_i18n[Object.keys(d.text_i18n)[0]]);
-            } else {
+            } else if (d.content) {
                 o.setText(editor._get_text_sample(d.content));
             }
             if (d.locale) {