diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index bd09136..bee446e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 - Implemented option `ace`, which allows to pass a custom instance of the Ace
   instead of the embedded version.
 - Fixed #186: binding issue to `jsonlint.parse`.
-
+- Fixed `editor.get()` manipulating the code when containing an error.
 
 ## 2015-03-15, version 4.1.1
 
diff --git a/src/js/textmode.js b/src/js/textmode.js
index 7be0728..f505dca 100644
--- a/src/js/textmode.js
+++ b/src/js/textmode.js
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ textmode.create = function (container, options) {
           'Falling back to plain text editor');
     }
   }
+
+  // determine theme
   this.theme = options.theme || 'ace/theme/jsoneditor';
 
   var me = this;
@@ -300,7 +302,6 @@ textmode.get = function() {
   catch (err) {
     // try to sanitize json, replace JavaScript notation with JSON notation
     text = util.sanitize(text);
-    this.setText(text);
 
     // try to parse again
     json = util.parse(text); // this can throw an error