diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 87bd61bf3..4854aff95 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 - Changed icon for the metadata
 - Made links useable in footer (thanks u/Dustfinger1 re:249)
 - Added print media queries to remove box shadow on print (thanks u/dmmagic  re: 246)
-
+- Fixed realtime renderer not functioning if loaded with malformed html on load (thanks u/RattiganIV re:247)
 
 
 
diff --git a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
index 7e1c432aa..5e39bde1e 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/brewRenderer/brewRenderer.jsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const BrewRenderer = React.createClass({
 	},
 	height : 0,
 	pageHeight : PAGE_HEIGHT,
+	lastRender : <div></div>,
 
 	componentDidMount: function() {
 		this.updateSize();
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const BrewRenderer = React.createClass({
 	},
 
 	componentWillReceiveProps: function(nextProps) {
-		if(this.refs.pages.firstChild) this.pageHeight = this.refs.pages.firstChild.clientHeight;
+		if(this.refs.pages && this.refs.pages.firstChild) this.pageHeight = this.refs.pages.firstChild.clientHeight;
 
 		const pages = nextProps.text.split('\\page');
 		this.setState({
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ const BrewRenderer = React.createClass({
 
 	updateSize : function() {
 		setTimeout(()=>{
-			if(this.refs.pages.firstChild) this.pageHeight = this.refs.pages.firstChild.clientHeight;
+			if(this.refs.pages && this.refs.pages.firstChild) this.pageHeight = this.refs.pages.firstChild.clientHeight;
 		}, 1);
 
 		this.setState({
@@ -117,10 +118,11 @@ const BrewRenderer = React.createClass({
 				}
 			});
 		}
-
-		return _.map(this.state.pages, (page, index)=>{
+		if(this.props.errors && this.props.errors.length) return this.lastRender;
+		this.lastRender = _.map(this.state.pages, (page, index)=>{
 			return this.renderPage(page, index);
 		});
+		return this.lastRender;
 	},
 
 	render : function(){
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index 4ce6669e1..cc0e27b56 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const EditPage = React.createClass({
 			isSaving : false,
 			isPending : false,
 			errors : null,
-			htmlErrors : [],
+			htmlErrors : Markdown.validate(this.props.brew.text),
 			lastUpdated : this.props.brew.updatedAt
 		};
 	},