diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/stores/useDocStore.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/stores/useDocStore.tsx
index ceffcf5f..ee575084 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/stores/useDocStore.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/stores/useDocStore.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { create } from 'zustand';
 import { providerUrl } from '@/core';
 import { Base64 } from '@/features/docs/doc-management';
 
+import { blocksToYDoc } from '../utils';
+
 interface DocStore {
   provider: HocuspocusProvider;
   editor?: BlockNoteEditor;
@@ -28,6 +30,15 @@ export const useDocStore = create<UseDocStore>((set, get) => ({
 
     if (initialDoc) {
       Y.applyUpdate(doc, Buffer.from(initialDoc, 'base64'));
+    } else {
+      const initialDocContent = [
+        {
+          type: 'heading',
+          content: '',
+        },
+      ];
+
+      blocksToYDoc(initialDocContent, doc);
     }
 
     const provider = new HocuspocusProvider({
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/utils.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/utils.ts
index aa0d43ba..2c9495ec 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-editor/utils.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as Y from 'yjs';
+
 export const randomColor = () => {
   const randomInt = (min: number, max: number) => {
     return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
@@ -26,3 +28,20 @@ function hslToHex(h: number, s: number, l: number) {
 export const toBase64 = (
   str: WithImplicitCoercion<ArrayBuffer | SharedArrayBuffer>,
 ) => Buffer.from(str).toString('base64');
+
+type BasicBlock = {
+  type: string;
+  content: string;
+};
+export const blocksToYDoc = (blocks: BasicBlock[], doc: Y.Doc) => {
+  const xmlFragment = doc.getXmlFragment('document-store');
+
+  blocks.forEach((block) => {
+    const xmlElement = new Y.XmlElement(block.type);
+    if (block.content) {
+      xmlElement.insert(0, [new Y.XmlText(block.content)]);
+    }
+
+    xmlFragment.push([xmlElement]);
+  });
+};