diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/Components.js b/src/dom_components/model/Components.js
index b6de490e9..fa0660749 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/Components.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/Components.js
@@ -12,15 +12,28 @@ export const getComponentIds = (cmp, res = []) => {
   return res;
 };
 
-const getComponentsFromDefs = (items, all = {}) => {
-  return items.map(item => {
-    const id = item.attributes?.id;
+const getComponentsFromDefs = (items, all = {}, opts = {}) => {
+  const itms = isArray(items) ? items : [items];
+
+  return itms.map(item => {
+    const { attributes = {}, components } = item;
+    const { id } = attributes;
     let result = item;
 
     if (id && all[id]) {
       result = all[id];
-    } else if (isArray(result.components)) {
-      result.components = getComponentsFromDefs(result.components, all);
+    }
+
+    if (components) {
+      const newComponents = getComponentsFromDefs(components, all);
+
+      if (isFunction(result.components)) {
+        if (result.components().length > 0) {
+          result.components(newComponents);
+        }
+      } else {
+        result.components = newComponents;
+      }
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -52,10 +65,17 @@ export default Backbone.Collection.extend({
   resetFromString(input = '', opts = {}) {
     opts.keepIds = getComponentIds(this);
     const { domc } = this;
-    const allByID = domc ? domc.allById() : {};
+    const allByID = domc?.allById() || {};
     const parsed = this.parseString(input, opts);
     const cmps = isArray(parsed) ? parsed : [parsed];
-    this.reset(cmps, opts);
+    const newCmps = getComponentsFromDefs(cmps, allByID);
+    console.log({
+      input,
+      newCmps,
+      parsed,
+      keepIds: opts.keepIds,
+    });
+    this.reset(newCmps, opts);
   },
 
   removeChildren(removed, coll, opts = {}) {
diff --git a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js
index 6a3c4395f..962e84c21 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentTextView.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export default ComponentView.extend({
         model.get('components').each(model => clean(model));
       };
 
-      comps.reset(content, opts);
+      comps.resetFromString(content, opts);
       comps.each(model => clean(model));
       comps.trigger('resetNavigator');
     }
diff --git a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentView.js b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentView.js
index 398e2b3cd..9ca3da7ed 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/view/ComponentView.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/view/ComponentView.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     const em = config.em;
     const modelOpt = model.opt || {};
     const { $el, el } = this;
-    const { draggableComponents } = config;
     this.opts = opt;
     this.modelOpt = modelOpt;
     this.config = config;
@@ -31,11 +30,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     this.attr = model.get('attributes');
     this.classe = this.attr.class || [];
     this.listenTo(model, 'change:style', this.updateStyle);
-    this.listenTo(
-      model,
-      'change:attributes change:_innertext',
-      this.renderAttributes
-    );
+    this.listenTo(model, 'change:attributes change:_innertext', this.renderAttributes);
     this.listenTo(model, 'change:highlightable', this.updateHighlight);
     this.listenTo(model, 'change:status', this.updateStatus);
     this.listenTo(model, 'change:script rerender', this.reset);
@@ -51,7 +46,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     this.initComponents({ avoidRender: 1 });
     this.events = {
       ...this.events,
-      ...(this.__isDraggable() && { dragstart: 'handleDragStart' })
+      ...(this.__isDraggable() && { dragstart: 'handleDragStart' }),
     };
     this.delegateEvents();
     !modelOpt.temporary && this.init(this._clbObj());
@@ -68,7 +63,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     return {
       editor: em && em.getEditor(),
       model,
-      el
+      el,
     };
   },
 
@@ -116,7 +111,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     event.stopPropagation();
     this.em.get('Commands').run('tlb-move', {
       target: this.model,
-      event
+      event,
     });
   },
 
@@ -255,10 +250,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
    * @private
    * */
   updateClasses() {
-    const str = this.model
-      .get('classes')
-      .pluck('name')
-      .join(' ');
+    const str = this.model.get('classes').pluck('name').join(' ');
     this.setAttribute('class', str);
 
     // Regenerate status class
@@ -303,9 +295,9 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
       ...(textable
         ? {
             contenteditable: 'false',
-            'data-gjs-textable': 'true'
+            'data-gjs-textable': 'true',
           }
-        : {})
+        : {}),
     };
 
     // Remove all current attributes
@@ -314,7 +306,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     this.updateStyle();
     const attr = {
       ...defaultAttr,
-      ...model.getAttributes()
+      ...model.getAttributes(),
     };
 
     // Remove all `false` attributes
@@ -349,11 +341,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
   updateScript() {
     const { model, em } = this;
     if (!model.get('script')) return;
-    em &&
-      em
-        .get('Canvas')
-        .getCanvasView()
-        .updateScript(this);
+    em && em.get('Canvas').getCanvasView().updateScript(this);
   },
 
   /**
@@ -452,7 +440,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
         el.scrollIntoView({
           behavior: 'smooth',
           block: 'nearest',
-          ...opts
+          ...opts,
         });
       }
     }
@@ -493,7 +481,7 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
       new ComponentsView({
         collection: this.model.get('components'),
         config: this.config,
-        componentTypes: this.opts.componentTypes
+        componentTypes: this.opts.componentTypes,
       });
 
     view.render(container);
@@ -532,5 +520,5 @@ export default Backbone.View.extend({
     }
   },
 
-  onRender() {}
+  onRender() {},
 });