diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/types.ts b/src/dom_components/model/types.ts
index 1ae622122..6f75e0e6d 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/types.ts
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/types.ts
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export interface ComponentDefinitionDefined extends Omit<ComponentProperties, 'c
   /**
    * Children components.
    */
-  components?: ComponentDefinitionDefined[];
+  components?: ComponentDefinitionDefined[] | ComponentDefinitionDefined;
   traits?: Partial<TraitProperties>[];
   [key: string]: any;
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/model/ParserHtml.ts b/src/parser/model/ParserHtml.ts
index 07cb77a6f..0e61d1d69 100644
--- a/src/parser/model/ParserHtml.ts
+++ b/src/parser/model/ParserHtml.ts
@@ -205,12 +205,10 @@ export default (em?: EditorModel, config: ParserConfig = {}) => {
           // just make it content of the current node
           if (nodeChild === 1 && firstChild.nodeType === 3) {
             !model.type && (model.type = 'text');
-            model.components = [
-              {
-                type: 'textnode',
-                content: firstChild.nodeValue,
-              },
-            ];
+            model.components = {
+              type: 'textnode',
+              content: firstChild.nodeValue,
+            };
           } else {
             model.components = this.parseNode(node, {
               ...opts,