diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/Component.js b/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
index 868c92367..7c2b299bf 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ const Component = Backbone.Model.extend(Styleable).extend(
       propagate: '',
       dmode: '',
       toolbar: null,
+      [keySymbol]: 0,
+      [keySymbols]: 0,
       _undo: true,
       _undoexc: ['status', 'open']
     },
diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentText.js b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentText.js
index 5d845eb8e..88651d849 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/ComponentText.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/ComponentText.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export default Component.extend({
   },
 
   toHTML() {
-    this.trigger('sync:content', { silent: 1 });
     return Component.prototype.toHTML.apply(this, arguments);
   }
 });