diff --git a/src/data/restore.ts b/src/data/restore.ts
index 979ce90973..d0ae2aca2e 100644
--- a/src/data/restore.ts
+++ b/src/data/restore.ts
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ const restoreElementWithProperties = <
     y: extra.y ?? element.y ?? 0,
     strokeColor: element.strokeColor || oc.black,
     backgroundColor: element.backgroundColor || "transparent",
-    width: element.width || 0,
-    height: element.height || 0,
+    width: element.width || 100,
+    height: element.height || 100,
     seed: element.seed ?? 1,
     groupIds: element.groupIds ?? [],
     roundness: element.roundness
diff --git a/src/element/newElement.ts b/src/element/newElement.ts
index 7e0d401929..439488f7a5 100644
--- a/src/element/newElement.ts
+++ b/src/element/newElement.ts
@@ -670,7 +670,6 @@ export const convertToExcalidrawElements = (
       const elements = bindTextToContainer(element, textElement);
       res.push(...elements);
     } else {
-      delete element.children;
       //@ts-ignore
       res.push(element);
     }