diff --git a/editor/svg-editor.js b/editor/svg-editor.js
index f46de75a..25bbbb2c 100644
--- a/editor/svg-editor.js
+++ b/editor/svg-editor.js
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ TODOS
 					color: '000000', // solid black
 					opacity: 1
 				},
+				text: {
+					stroke_width: 0,
+					font_size: 24,
+					font_family: 'serif'
+				},
 				initOpacity: 1,
 				colorPickerCSS: null, // Defaults to 'left' with a position equal to that of the fill_color or stroke_color element minus 140, and a 'bottom' equal to 40
 				initTool: 'select',
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 807b54c1..67e9344e 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ var all_properties = {
 all_properties.text = $.extend(true, {}, all_properties.shape);
 $.extend(all_properties.text, {
 	fill: '#000000',
-	stroke_width: 0,
-	font_size: 24,
-	font_family: 'serif'
+	stroke_width: curConfig.text.stroke_width,
+	font_size: curConfig.text.font_size,
+	font_family: curConfig.text.font_family
 });
 
 // Current shape style properties