diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useStringWidget.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useStringWidget.ts
index b3ef7bd6ba..a77385a5a3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useStringWidget.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useStringWidget.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function addMultilineWidget(
   })
 
   widget.element = inputEl
+  widget.inputEl = inputEl
   widget.options.minNodeSize = [400, 200]
 
   inputEl.addEventListener('input', (event) => {