diff --git a/src/node/db/Pad.js b/src/node/db/Pad.js
index a9c87541f..751da1ae5 100644
--- a/src/node/db/Pad.js
+++ b/src/node/db/Pad.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Pad {
 
   async appendRevision(aChangeset, authorId = '') {
     const newAText = Changeset.applyToAText(aChangeset, this.atext, this.pool);
-    if (newAText.text === this.atext.text && newAText.attribs === this.atext.attribs) {
+    if (newAText.text === this.atext.text && newAText.attribs === this.atext.attribs && this.head !== -1) {
       return this.head;
     }
     Changeset.copyAText(newAText, this.atext);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js
index fcc69a363..bfd637349 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/api/chat.js
@@ -49,6 +49,24 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
     });
   });
 
+
+  describe('createPad with empty text', () => {
+    it('creates a new Pad with empty text', function (done) {
+      agent.get(`${endPoint('createPad')}&padID=${padID}&text=`)
+          .expect((res) => {
+            if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('Unable to create new Pad');
+          })
+          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+          .expect(200);
+      agent.get(`${endPoint('deletePad')}&padID=${padID}`)
+          .expect((res) => {
+            if (res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error('Unable to delete empty Pad');
+          })
+          .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+          .expect(200, done);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('createAuthor', function () {
     it('Creates an author with a name set', function (done) {
       agent.get(endPoint('createAuthor'))