diff --git a/src/@episerver/forms-react/src/components/elements/ParagraphTextElementBlock.tsx b/src/@episerver/forms-react/src/components/elements/ParagraphTextElementBlock.tsx
index 881535f..ebbdcdf 100644
--- a/src/@episerver/forms-react/src/components/elements/ParagraphTextElementBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/@episerver/forms-react/src/components/elements/ParagraphTextElementBlock.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export const ParagraphTextElementBlock = (props: ParagraphTextElementBlockProps)
         }
     }
 
-    let text = element.properties.paragraphText
-    const placeHolders = extractTextsWithFormat(element.properties.paragraphText)
+    let text = element.properties.paragraphText ?? "";
+    const placeHolders = extractTextsWithFormat(text)
 
     if (doReplaceText) {
         data.forEach(element => {