diff --git a/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-text.json b/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-text.json
index 078a904a..f54a6a7b 100644
--- a/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-text.json
+++ b/cypress/fixtures/flows/dashboard-text.json
@@ -403,6 +403,116 @@
             ]
         ]
     },
+    {
+        "id": "button-dynamic-label-no-payload",
+        "type": "ui-button",
+        "z": "node-red-tab-text",
+        "group": "869909cd180dde02",
+        "name": "Dynamic: No Payload",
+        "label": "Dynamic: No Payload",
+        "order": 7,
+        "width": 0,
+        "height": 0,
+        "emulateClick": false,
+        "tooltip": "",
+        "color": "",
+        "bgcolor": "",
+        "className": "",
+        "icon": "",
+        "iconPosition": "left",
+        "payload": "",
+        "payloadType": "str",
+        "topic": "button-topic",
+        "topicType": "str",
+        "buttonColor": "",
+        "textColor": "",
+        "iconColor": "",
+        "enableClick": true,
+        "enablePointerdown": false,
+        "pointerdownPayload": "",
+        "pointerdownPayloadType": "str",
+        "enablePointerup": false,
+        "pointerupPayload": "",
+        "pointerupPayloadType": "str",
+        "x": 120,
+        "y": 320,
+        "wires": [
+            [
+                "df51827510c6dc80"
+            ]
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "df51827510c6dc80",
+        "type": "change",
+        "z": "node-red-tab-text",
+        "name": "",
+        "rules": [
+            {
+                "t": "set",
+                "p": "ui_update.label",
+                "pt": "msg",
+                "to": "Dynamic Label-No Payload",
+                "tot": "str"
+            },
+            {
+                "t": "delete",
+                "p": "payload",
+                "pt": "msg"
+            }
+        ],
+        "action": "",
+        "property": "",
+        "from": "",
+        "to": "",
+        "reg": false,
+        "x": 360,
+        "y": 320,
+        "wires": [
+            [
+                "dashboard-ui-text-dynamic"
+            ]
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "id": "button-inject-text-2",
+        "type": "ui-button",
+        "z": "node-red-tab-text",
+        "group": "869909cd180dde02",
+        "name": "",
+        "label": "Inject Text 2",
+        "order": 8,
+        "width": 0,
+        "height": 0,
+        "emulateClick": false,
+        "tooltip": "",
+        "color": "",
+        "bgcolor": "",
+        "className": "",
+        "icon": "",
+        "iconPosition": "left",
+        "payload": "injected text",
+        "payloadType": "str",
+        "topic": "button-topic",
+        "topicType": "str",
+        "buttonColor": "",
+        "textColor": "",
+        "iconColor": "",
+        "enableClick": true,
+        "enablePointerdown": false,
+        "pointerdownPayload": "",
+        "pointerdownPayloadType": "str",
+        "enablePointerup": false,
+        "pointerupPayload": "",
+        "pointerupPayloadType": "str",
+        "x": 390,
+        "y": 360,
+        "wires": [
+            [
+                "dashboard-ui-text-dynamic"
+            ]
+        ]
+    },
     {
         "id": "dashboard-test-text",
         "type": "ui-group",
diff --git a/cypress/tests/widgets/text.spec.js b/cypress/tests/widgets/text.spec.js
index 23de63be..eb9b9b7d 100644
--- a/cypress/tests/widgets/text.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/tests/widgets/text.spec.js
@@ -64,4 +64,14 @@ describe('Node-RED Dashboard 2.0 - Text - Dynamic Properties', () => {
         cy.clickAndWait(cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-button-dynamic-color'))
         cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-text-dynamic .nrdb-ui-text').should('have.css', 'color', 'rgb(255, 0, 0)')
     })
+
+    it('retains previous value on dynamic input without payload', () => {
+        cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-text-left').should('not.contain', 'injected text')
+        cy.clickAndWait(cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-button-inject-text-2'))
+        cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-text-dynamic').contains('injected text')
+        cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-text-dynamic').contains('Dynamic Label')
+        cy.clickAndWait(cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-button-dynamic-label-no-payload'))
+        cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-text-dynamic').contains('Dynamic Label-No Payload')
+        cy.get('#nrdb-ui-widget-dashboard-ui-text-dynamic').contains('injected text')
+    })
 })
diff --git a/ui/src/widgets/ui-text/UIText.vue b/ui/src/widgets/ui-text/UIText.vue
index 4ac61c58..f88d14a2 100644
--- a/ui/src/widgets/ui-text/UIText.vue
+++ b/ui/src/widgets/ui-text/UIText.vue
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ export default {
         props: { type: Object, default: () => ({}) },
         state: { type: Object, default: () => ({}) }
     },
+    data () {
+        return {
+            textValue: ''
+        }
+    },
     computed: {
         ...mapState('data', ['messages', 'properties']),
-        value: function () {
-            const m = this.messages[this.id] || {}
-            if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(m, 'payload')) {
-                // Sanetize the html to avoid XSS attacks
-                return DOMPurify.sanitize(m.payload)
-            }
-            return ''
+        value () {
+            return this.textValue
         },
         label () {
             // Sanetize the html to avoid XSS attacks
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default {
         }
     },
     created () {
-        this.$dataTracker(this.id, null, null, this.onDynamicProperties)
+        this.$dataTracker(this.id, this.onInput, this.onLoad, this.onDynamicProperties)
     },
     methods: {
         onDynamicProperties (msg) {
@@ -64,6 +64,31 @@ export default {
             this.updateDynamicProperty('font', updates.font)
             this.updateDynamicProperty('fontSize', updates.fontSize)
             this.updateDynamicProperty('color', updates.color)
+        },
+        onInput (msg) {
+            // update our vuex store with the value retrieved from Node-RED
+            this.$store.commit('data/bind', {
+                widgetId: this.id,
+                msg
+            })
+            // make sure our v-model is updated to reflect the value from Node-RED
+            if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(msg, 'payload')) {
+                // Sanitize the HTML to avoid XSS attacks
+                this.textValue = DOMPurify.sanitize(msg.payload)
+            }
+        },
+        onLoad (msg) {
+            if (msg) {
+                // update vuex store to reflect server-state
+                this.$store.commit('data/bind', {
+                    widgetId: this.id,
+                    msg
+                })
+                if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(msg, 'payload')) {
+                // Sanitize the HTML to avoid XSS attacks
+                    this.textValue = DOMPurify.sanitize(msg.payload)
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }