diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.hbs
index a0bcd3b89f..72cceb127d 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.hbs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             @placeholder={{@titlePlaceholder}}
             @tabindex="1"
             @autoExpand=".gh-koenig-editor"
-            @value={{readonly @title}}
+            @value={{readonly this.title}}
             @input={{this.updateTitle}}
             @focus-out={{optional @onTitleBlur}}
             @keyDown={{this.onTitleKeydown}}
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.js
index 7e1f4e993c..647f8b3606 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/gh-koenig-editor.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export default class GhKoenigEditorComponent extends Component {
     koenigEditor = null;
     mousedownY = 0;
 
+    get title() {
+        return this.args.title === '(Untitled)' ? '' : this.args.title;
+    }
+
     @action
     registerElement(element) {
         this.containerElement = element;