diff --git a/src/components/editorElements/index.js b/src/components/editorElements/index.js
index 2131c2d1f..bb1a0050f 100644
--- a/src/components/editorElements/index.js
+++ b/src/components/editorElements/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import SummaryArea from './summaryArea/view/summaryAreaView';
 import TagArea from './tagArea/view/tagAreaView';
-import TextArea from './textArea/view/textAreaView';
 import TitleArea from './titleArea/view/titleAreaView';
 
-export { SummaryArea, TagArea, TextArea, TitleArea };
+export { SummaryArea, TagArea, TitleArea };
diff --git a/src/components/editorElements/textArea/view/textAreaStyles.js b/src/components/editorElements/textArea/view/textAreaStyles.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d0375023e..000000000
--- a/src/components/editorElements/textArea/view/textAreaStyles.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
-
-export default EStyleSheet.create({
-  container: {
-    flex: 1,
-    marginTop: 16,
-  },
-});
diff --git a/src/components/editorElements/textArea/view/textAreaView.js b/src/components/editorElements/textArea/view/textAreaView.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 75120cae7..000000000
--- a/src/components/editorElements/textArea/view/textAreaView.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
-// Constants
-
-// Components
-import { MarkdownEditor } from '../../../markdownEditor';
-
-export default class TextAreaView extends PureComponent {
-  /* Props
-   * ------------------------------------------------
-   *   @prop { type }    name                - Description....
-   */
-
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.state = {};
-  }
-
-  // Component Life Cycles
-
-  // Component Functions
-
-  render() {
-    return <MarkdownEditor {...this.props} />;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/components/editorElements/titleArea/view/titleAreaStyles.js b/src/components/editorElements/titleArea/view/titleAreaStyles.js
index e4323dfd0..ffc7ed28d 100644
--- a/src/components/editorElements/titleArea/view/titleAreaStyles.js
+++ b/src/components/editorElements/titleArea/view/titleAreaStyles.js
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ export default EStyleSheet.create({
     fontFamily: '$editorFont',
     textAlignVertical: 'top',
     paddingVertical: 0,
+    backgroundColor: '$primaryBackgroundColor',
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownEditorStyles.js b/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownEditorStyles.js
index 41abdd607..beb9179bd 100644
--- a/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownEditorStyles.js
+++ b/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownEditorStyles.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export default EStyleSheet.create({
     paddingBottom: 0, // On android side, textinput has default padding
     paddingHorizontal: 16,
     color: '$primaryBlack',
+    backgroundColor: '$primaryBackgroundColor',
     fontFamily: '$editorFont',
     textAlignVertical: 'top',
   },
diff --git a/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownPreviewStyles.js b/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownPreviewStyles.js
index f92a3e28d..e5a89e9be 100644
--- a/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownPreviewStyles.js
+++ b/src/components/markdownEditor/view/markdownPreviewStyles.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import EStyleSheet from 'react-native-extended-stylesheet';
 
 export default EStyleSheet.create({
-  view: {},
   codeBlock: {
     fontFamily: 'Courier',
     fontWeight: '500',
diff --git a/src/components/textInput/view/textInputStyles.js b/src/components/textInput/view/textInputStyles.js
index 3bb825c83..2d00237e5 100644
--- a/src/components/textInput/view/textInputStyles.js
+++ b/src/components/textInput/view/textInputStyles.js
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ export default EStyleSheet.create({
   input: {
     flex: 1,
     minHeight: 50,
-    backgroundColor: '$primaryWhiteLightBackground',
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f4b57b5a6..1d8a54846 100755
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import { Provider, connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { PersistGate } from 'redux-persist/integration/react';
 import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
 import { useScreens } from 'react-native-screens';
-
 import { flattenMessages } from './utils/flattenMessages';
 import messages from './config/locales';
 
diff --git a/src/screens/editor/container/editorContainer.js b/src/screens/editor/container/editorContainer.js
index 3db98c28b..29b97b4b8 100644
--- a/src/screens/editor/container/editorContainer.js
+++ b/src/screens/editor/container/editorContainer.js
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component {
         this.setState({
           isEdit,
           draftPost: {
-            title: post.title,
-            body: post.markdownBody,
-            tags: post.json_metadata.tags,
+            title: get(post, 'title', ''),
+            body: get(post, 'markdownBody', ''),
+            tags: get(post, 'json_metadata.tags', []),
           },
         });
       }
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ class EditorContainer extends Component {
         if (result) {
           this.setState({
             draftPost: {
-              body: result.body,
-              title: result.title,
-              tags: result.tags.split(','),
+              body: get(result, 'body', ''),
+              title: get(result, 'title', ''),
+              tags: get(result, 'tags', '').split(','),
             },
           });
         }
diff --git a/src/screens/editor/screen/editorScreen.js b/src/screens/editor/screen/editorScreen.js
index d7deaebdd..ed9100d2a 100644
--- a/src/screens/editor/screen/editorScreen.js
+++ b/src/screens/editor/screen/editorScreen.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   TextArea,
   SummaryArea,
   PostForm,
+  MarkdownEditor,
 } from '../../../components';
 
 // Styles
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ class EditorScreen extends Component {
       isRemoveTag: true,
     });
 
-    if (initialEditor) initialEditor();
+    if (initialEditor) {
+      initialEditor();
+    }
   };
 
   _handleOnPressPreviewButton = () => {
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ class EditorScreen extends Component {
               intl={intl}
             />
           )}
-          <TextArea
+          <MarkdownEditor
             componentID="body"
             draftBody={fields && fields.body}
             handleOnTextChange={this._setWordsCount}