diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe07aac1..d0a88edf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Added `vendor` to ignores for direct install of Grav
+    * Translated `field.default` for `editor` form field
 
 # v1.4.2
 ## 04/24/2017
diff --git a/themes/grav/templates/forms/fields/editor/editor.html.twig b/themes/grav/templates/forms/fields/editor/editor.html.twig
index ceec4b61..e02ac1b1 100644
--- a/themes/grav/templates/forms/fields/editor/editor.html.twig
+++ b/themes/grav/templates/forms/fields/editor/editor.html.twig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% set value = (value is null ? field.default : value) %}
+{% set value = (value is null ? field.default|tu : value) %}
 {% if not codemirrorOptions %}
     {% set codemirrorOptions = {'mode': 'gfm', 'ignore': ['code', 'preview']}|merge(field.codemirror|default({})) %}
 {% endif %}