diff --git a/src/Components/Input/TextAreaInput.tsx b/src/Components/Input/TextAreaInput.tsx
index a2e79426..8ee5a7f1 100644
--- a/src/Components/Input/TextAreaInput.tsx
+++ b/src/Components/Input/TextAreaInput.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import * as React from "react"
-import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import * as React from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import Tribute from "tributejs";
 import { useTags } from "../Map/hooks/useTags";
 
-
 type TextAreaProps = {
     labelTitle?: string;
     labelStyle?: string;
@@ -19,21 +18,20 @@ interface KeyValue {
     [key: string]: string;
 }
 
-
 export function TextAreaInput({ labelTitle, dataField, labelStyle, containerStyle, inputStyle, defaultValue, placeholder, updateFormValue }: TextAreaProps) {
-
     const ref = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
+    const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState<string>(defaultValue);
 
     // prevent react18 from calling useEffect twice
-    const init = useRef(false)
+    const init = useRef(false);
 
     const tags = useTags();
 
     let values: KeyValue[] = [];
 
-    tags.map(tag => {
-        values.push({ key: tag.name, value: tag.name, color: tag.color })
-    })
+    tags.forEach(tag => {
+        values.push({ key: tag.name, value: tag.name, color: tag.color });
+    });
 
     var tribute = new Tribute({
         containerClass: 'tw-z-3000 tw-bg-base-100 tw-p-2 tw-rounded-lg tw-shadow',
@@ -45,28 +43,47 @@ export function TextAreaInput({ labelTitle, dataField, labelStyle, containerStyl
             return ""
         },
         menuItemTemplate: function (item) {
-            return `<span style="color: ${item.original.color}; padding: 5px; boarder-radius: 3px;">#${item.string}</span>`;
+            return `<span style="color: ${item.original.color}; padding: 5px; border-radius: 3px;">#${item.string}</span>`;
         }
     });
 
-
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!init.current) {
             if (ref.current) {
                 tribute.attach(ref.current);
             }
             init.current = true;
-        }    
-    }, [ref])
+        }
+    }, [ref]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setInputValue(defaultValue);
+    }, [defaultValue]);
+
+    const handleChange = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
+        const newValue = e.target.value;
+        setInputValue(newValue);
+        if (updateFormValue) {
+            updateFormValue(newValue);
+        }
+    };
 
     return (
         <div className={`tw-form-control tw-w-full ${containerStyle ? containerStyle : ""}`}>
-            {labelTitle ? <label className="tw-label">
-                <span className={"tw-label-text tw-text-base-content " + labelStyle}>{labelTitle}</span>
-            </label> : ""}
-            <textarea required ref={ref} defaultValue={defaultValue} name={dataField} className={`tw-textarea tw-textarea-bordered tw-w-full  tw-leading-5 ${inputStyle ? inputStyle : ""}`} placeholder={placeholder || ""} onChange={(e) => updateFormValue && updateFormValue(e.target.value)}></textarea>
+            {labelTitle ? (
+                <label className="tw-label">
+                    <span className={`tw-label-text tw-text-base-content ${labelStyle}`}>{labelTitle}</span>
+                </label>
+            ) : null}
+            <textarea
+                required
+                ref={ref}
+                value={inputValue}
+                name={dataField}
+                className={`tw-textarea tw-textarea-bordered tw-w-full tw-leading-5 ${inputStyle || ""}`}
+                placeholder={placeholder || ""}
+                onChange={handleChange}
+            ></textarea>
         </div>
-    )
+    );
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/Components/Profile/itemFunctions.ts b/src/Components/Profile/itemFunctions.ts
index 25343946..f91ad5d8 100644
--- a/src/Components/Profile/itemFunctions.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Profile/itemFunctions.ts
@@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ export const onUpdateItem = async (state, item, tags, addTag, setLoading, naviga
     changedItem = {
         id: state.id,
         name: state.name,
-        ...state.subname && {subname: state.subname},
-        ...state.text && {text: state.text},
+        subname: state.subname,
+        text: state.text,
         ...state.color && {color: state.color},
         position: item.position,
         ...state.groupType && {group_type: state.groupType},
         ...state.status && {status: state.status},
-        ...state.contact && {contact: state.contact},
-        ...state.telephone && {telephone: state.telephone},
+        contact: state.contact,
+        telephone: state.telephone,
         ...state.end && {end: state.end},
         ...state.start && {start: state.start},
         ...state.markerIcon && { markerIcon: state.markerIcon },
-        ...state.nextAppointment && {next_appointment: state.nextAppointment},
+        next_appointment: state.nextAppointment,
         ...state.image.length > 10 && { image: state.image },
         ...state.offers.length > 0 && { offers: offer_updates },
         ...state.needs.length > 0 && { needs: needs_updates }