diff --git a/src/web/app/components/question-types/question-edit-answer-form/text-question-edit-answer-form.component.html b/src/web/app/components/question-types/question-edit-answer-form/text-question-edit-answer-form.component.html
index 3214e968a25..5394f004bae 100644
--- a/src/web/app/components/question-types/question-edit-answer-form/text-question-edit-answer-form.component.html
+++ b/src/web/app/components/question-types/question-edit-answer-form/text-question-edit-answer-form.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="plain-text-area" *ngIf="!questionDetails.shouldAllowRichText">
-  <textarea [ngModel]="responseDetails.answer" (ngModelChange)="triggerResponseDetailsChange('answer', $event)" [attr.aria-label]="getAriaLabel()" [disabled]="isDisabled"></textarea>
+  <textarea (input)="triggerResponseDetailsChange('answer', $event.target.value)" [attr.aria-label]="getAriaLabel()" [disabled]="isDisabled" [innerHtml]="responseDetails.answer" ></textarea>
 </div>
 <tm-rich-text-editor *ngIf="questionDetails.shouldAllowRichText" [attr.aria-label]="getAriaLabel()" [richText]="responseDetails.answer" (richTextChange)="triggerResponseDetailsChange('answer', $event)" [isDisabled]="isDisabled"></tm-rich-text-editor>
 <div class="margin-top-7px text-secondary text-end">