diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx
index c20b9ea6c3..c68e564e91 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/whiteboard/component.jsx
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ export default function Whiteboard(props) {
           },
         },
       );
+      changed = true;
     }
 
     if (changed && tldrawAPI) {