diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/abstract_code_type_widget.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/abstract_code_type_widget.ts
index 7324868b0..babe02f69 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/abstract_code_type_widget.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/abstract_code_type_widget.ts
@@ -56,13 +56,7 @@ export default class AbstractCodeTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
      * @param {*} content the new content of the note.
      */
     _update(note: { mime: string }, content: string) {
-        this.codeEditor.dispatch({
-            changes: {
-                from: 0,
-                to: this.codeEditor.state.doc.length,
-                insert: content || "",
-            }
-        })
+        this.codeEditor.setText(content);
         // this.codeEditor.clearHistory();
 
         // let info = CodeMirror.findModeByMIME(note.mime);
diff --git a/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts b/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts
index 8ee32032e..20c76b227 100644
--- a/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/codemirror/src/index.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,14 @@ export default class CodeMirror extends EditorView {
             ]
         });
     }
+
+    setText(content: string) {
+        this.dispatch({
+            changes: {
+                from: 0,
+                to: this.state.doc.length,
+                insert: content || "",
+            }
+        })
+    }
 }