diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
index c42a65378..f9c7cbc7c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
       (nil? (:fills node))
       (assoc :fills (:fills txt/default-text-attrs))
 
-      (and (d/not-empty? color-attrs) (nil? (:fills node)))
+      (and (d/not-empty? color-attrs) (empty? (:fills node)))
       (-> (dissoc :fill-color :fill-opacity :fill-color-ref-id :fill-color-ref-file :fill-color-gradient)
           (assoc :fills [color-attrs])))))
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs
index c8fbf2053..7d46c98ed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@
                               :textRendering "geometricPrecision"}
          fills
          (cond
-           (some? (:fills data))
-           (:fills data)
-
            ;; DEPRECATED: still here for backward compatibility with
            ;; old penpot files that still has a single color.
            (or (some? (:fill-color data))
@@ -113,7 +110,10 @@
                                                :fill-color-ref-id :fill-color-ref-file]))]
 
            (nil? (:fills data))
-           [{:fill-color "#000000" :fill-opacity 1}])
+           [{:fill-color "#000000" :fill-opacity 1}]
+
+           :else
+           (:fills data))
 
          font (some->> font-id (get fontsdb))