diff --git a/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/articles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/articles_controller.rb
index a8e22d878..2bbfafcc7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/articles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/articles_controller.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Public::Api::V1::Portals::ArticlesController < Public::Api::V1::Portals::B
 
   def set_article
     @article = @portal.articles.find_by(slug: permitted_params[:article_slug])
-    @parsed_content = render_article_content(@article.content)
+    @parsed_content = render_article_content(@article.content.to_s)
   end
 
   def set_category
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue
index 817f6e2b9..976ed3270 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/components/widgets/WootWriter/FullEditor.vue
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default {
 
   created() {
     state = createState(
-      this.modelValue,
+      this.modelValue || '',
       this.placeholder,
       this.plugins,
       { onImageUpload: this.openFileBrowser },
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export default {
     },
     reloadState() {
       state = createState(
-        this.modelValue,
+        this.modelValue || '',
         this.placeholder,
         this.plugins,
         { onImageUpload: this.openFileBrowser },
diff --git a/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/helpcenter/pages/PortalsArticlesNewPage.vue b/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/helpcenter/pages/PortalsArticlesNewPage.vue
index 3833573ad..0c541fd19 100644
--- a/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/helpcenter/pages/PortalsArticlesNewPage.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/dashboard/routes/dashboard/helpcenter/pages/PortalsArticlesNewPage.vue
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const createNewArticle = async ({ title, content }) => {
   if (title) article.value.title = title;
   if (content) article.value.content = content;
 
-  if (!article.value.title || !article.value.content) return;
+  if (!article.value.title) return;
 
   isUpdating.value = true;
   try {
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index cb6215157..2a56b006d 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
   validates :account_id, presence: true
   validates :author_id, presence: true
   validates :title, presence: true
-  validates :content, presence: true
+  validates :content, presence: true, if: :published?
 
   # ensuring that the position is always set correctly
   before_create :add_position_to_article
diff --git a/spec/models/article_spec.rb b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
index 161f3541d..5741b95f0 100644
--- a/spec/models/article_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/article_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,16 @@ RSpec.describe Article do
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:account_id) }
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:author_id) }
     it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:title) }
-    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:content) }
+
+    it 'validates content presence only for published articles' do
+      article = build(:article, portal_id: portal_1.id, author_id: user.id, category_id: category_1.id,
+                                title: 'test', content: nil, status: :draft)
+      expect(article).to be_valid
+
+      article.status = :published
+      expect(article).not_to be_valid
+      expect(article.errors[:content]).to include("can't be blank")
+    end
   end
 
   describe 'associations' do