diff --git a/damus/Views/ChatView.swift b/damus/Views/ChatView.swift
index 7a1aad30..24834206 100644
--- a/damus/Views/ChatView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/ChatView.swift
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct ChatView: View {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    NoteContentView(event: event, profiles: profiles)
+                    NoteContentView(event: event, profiles: profiles, content: event.content)
                     
                     if is_active || next_ev == nil || next_ev!.pubkey != event.pubkey {
                         EventActionBar(event: event,
diff --git a/damus/Views/EventView.swift b/damus/Views/EventView.swift
index 364892d6..c68cc0f5 100644
--- a/damus/Views/EventView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/EventView.swift
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct EventView: View {
                         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
                 }
 
-                NoteContentView(event: event, profiles: profiles)
+                NoteContentView(event: event, profiles: profiles, content: event.content)
                     .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
                     .textSelection(.enabled)
 
diff --git a/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift b/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
index dd045c53..0d733c1d 100644
--- a/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct NoteContentView: View {
     let event: NostrEvent
     let profiles: Profiles
     
-    @State var content: String = ""
+    @State var content: String
     
     func MainContent() -> some View {
         let md_opts: AttributedString.MarkdownParsingOptions =