diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.js b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.js
index e3342a88b2..a832de9c1a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.js
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/static/pretixplugins/ticketoutputpdf/editor.js
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ var editor = {
     },
 
     _add_text: function () {
-        var text = new fabric.Textarea(editor._get_text_sample('item'), {
+        var text = new fabric.Textarea(editor._get_text_sample('event_name'), {
             left: 100,
             top: 100,
             width: editor._mm2px(50),