diff --git a/extras/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolox/event/PStyledTextEventHandler.java b/extras/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolox/event/PStyledTextEventHandler.java
index a194d70..044f21e 100644
--- a/extras/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolox/event/PStyledTextEventHandler.java
+++ b/extras/src/main/java/edu/umd/cs/piccolox/event/PStyledTextEventHandler.java
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@
         }
         else if (pickedNode instanceof PCamera) {
             final PStyledText newText = createText();
-            final Insets pInsets = newText.getInsets();
-            canvas.getLayer().addChild(newText);
+            final Insets pInsets = newText.getInsets();            
             newText.translate(inputEvent.getPosition().getX() - pInsets.left, inputEvent.getPosition().getY()
                     - pInsets.top);
             startEditing(inputEvent, newText);
@@ -232,8 +231,11 @@
         else {
             editedText.syncWithDocument();
         }
-
-        editedText.setScale(1.0 / event.getCamera().getViewScale());
+        
+        if (editedText.getParent() == null) {        
+            editedText.setScale(1.0 / event.getCamera().getViewScale());
+            canvas.getLayer().addChild(editedText);
+        }
         editor.setVisible(false);
         canvas.repaint();