diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/html_text.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/html_text.cljs
index da23426c2..fd3995c38 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/html_text.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/html_text.cljs
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
         shape  (obj/get props "shape")
         code?  (obj/get props "code?")
         text   (:text node)
-        style  (when-not code?
-                 (if (= text "")
-                   (sts/generate-text-styles shape parent)
-                   (sts/generate-text-styles shape node)))
+        style  (if (= text "")
+                 (sts/generate-text-styles shape parent)
+                 (sts/generate-text-styles shape node))
         class  (when code? (:$id node))]
     [:span.text-node {:style style :class class}
      (if (= text "") "\u00A0" text)]))
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@
         children (obj/get props "children")
         shape    (obj/get props "shape")
         code?    (obj/get props "code?")
-        style    (when-not code? (sts/generate-root-styles shape node))
+        style    (sts/generate-root-styles shape node code?)
         class  (when code? (:$id node))]
     [:div.root.rich-text
      {:style style
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs
index 534b786e4..c8fbf2053 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/shapes/text/styles.cljs
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@
    [cuerdas.core :as str]))
 
 (defn generate-root-styles
-  [{:keys [width height]} node]
-  (let [valign (:vertical-align node "top")
-        base   #js {:height (fmt/format-pixels height)
-                    :width  (fmt/format-pixels width)
-                    :display "flex"
-                    :whiteSpace "break-spaces"}]
-    (cond-> base
-      (= valign "top")     (obj/set! "alignItems" "flex-start")
-      (= valign "center")  (obj/set! "alignItems" "center")
-      (= valign "bottom")  (obj/set! "alignItems" "flex-end"))))
+  ([props node]
+   (generate-root-styles props node false))
+  ([{:keys [width height]} node code?]
+   (let [valign (:vertical-align node "top")
+         base   #js {:height (when-not code? (fmt/format-pixels height))
+                     :width  (when-not code? (fmt/format-pixels width))
+                     :display "flex"
+                     :whiteSpace "break-spaces"}]
+     (cond-> base
+       (= valign "top")     (obj/set! "alignItems" "flex-start")
+       (= valign "center")  (obj/set! "alignItems" "center")
+       (= valign "bottom")  (obj/set! "alignItems" "flex-end")))))
 
 (defn generate-paragraph-set-styles
   [{:keys [grow-type] :as shape}]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/code_gen/style_css.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/code_gen/style_css.cljs
index 5f1776044..3a1ace59f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/code_gen/style_css.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/code_gen/style_css.cljs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ body {
   (let [properties
         (case (:type node)
           (:root "root")
-          (sts/generate-root-styles shape node)
+          (sts/generate-root-styles shape node true)
 
           (:paragraph-set "paragraph-set")
           (sts/generate-paragraph-set-styles shape)