diff --git a/public/react/src/modules/page/MainContentContainer.js b/public/react/src/modules/page/MainContentContainer.js
index 33257703d..3214fe5d5 100644
--- a/public/react/src/modules/page/MainContentContainer.js
+++ b/public/react/src/modules/page/MainContentContainer.js
@@ -357,7 +357,9 @@ class MainContentContainer extends Component {
 					this.fetchRepositoryCode(props, null, null, true)
 				} else{
 					this.setState({ isEditablePath, currentPath: path });
-					this.oldRepositoryCode = fetchRepositoryCodeResponse.data.content || '';
+					this.oldRepositoryCode = ((fetchRepositoryCodeResponse.data.content === true || !fetchRepositoryCodeResponse.data.content)
+						 ? '' : fetchRepositoryCodeResponse.data.content);
+
 					this.updateRepositoryCode(this.oldRepositoryCode, updateCodeMirror)
 				}