diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
index 1f80b3aae924254adbf664cc62f9ead8baa8319f..4afe7f30d8482c006b963b31bdb63391bddbf4ac 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/ContainerEditor.js
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ class ContainerEditor extends SubstanceContainerEditor {
   didMount () {
     super.didMount()
 
-    if (this.isEmpty() && this.props.containerId !== 'notes') this.createText()
-
-    // TODO -- why this and not this.focus ?
-    this.el.focus()
+    if (this.isEmpty() && this.props.containerId !== 'notes'){
+      this.createText()
+      // TODO -- why this and not this.focus ?
+      this.el.focus()
+    }
 
     if (this.isReadOnlyMode()) {
       this.editorSession.onUpdate('', this.disableToolbar, this)