diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseClasses/TextViewModel.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseClasses/TextViewModel.swift
index 49ac664c..d9505275 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseClasses/TextViewModel.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseClasses/TextViewModel.swift
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ open class TextViewModel: TextEntryFieldModel {
     }
     
     public override func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        try super.encode(to: encoder)
         var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
         try container.encodeIfPresent(accessibilityText, forKey: .accessibilityText)
         try container.encodeIfPresent(height, forKey: .height)