diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 62d73c4c80..9680ad9dcc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
 - Fix main component receives focus and is selected when using 'Show Main Component' [Taiga #11402](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/11402)
 - Fix duplicating pages with mainInstance shapes nested inside groups [Taiga #10774](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/10774)
 
+## 2.8.1 (Unreleased)
+
+### :bug: Bugs fixed
+
+- Fix unexpected exception on processing old texts [Github #6889](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/pull/6889)
+
 ## 2.8.0
 
 ### :rocket: Epics and highlights
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/event.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/event.cljs
index 888bd6e1d0..934a0f4757 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/event.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/event.cljs
@@ -245,4 +245,4 @@
 
 (defn event
   [props]
-  (ptk/data-event ::events props))
+  (ptk/data-event ::event props))
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
index 6a56966829..2e10a5318b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/texts.cljs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
       ;; We don't have the fills attribute. It's an old text without color
       ;; so need to be black
       (and (nil? (:fills node)) (empty? color-attrs))
-      (update :fills conj txt/default-text-attrs)
+      (assoc :fills (:fills txt/default-text-attrs))
 
       ;; Remove duplicates from the fills
       :always