diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 4525e326a..a0314a704 100644
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ exports.getTiddlerText = function(title) {
 	if(!tiddler) {
 		return undefined;
 	}
-	if(tiddler.fields.text) {
+	if(tiddler.fields.text !== undefined) {
 		// Just return the text if we've got it
 		return tiddler.fields.text;
 	} else {
diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlyweb.js b/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlyweb.js
index 13f5a2df4..2ece83f28 100644
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlyweb.js
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb/tiddlyweb.js
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ TiddlyWebSyncer.prototype.syncFromServer = function() {
 				// Ignore the incoming tiddler if it's the same as the revision we've already got
 				if(currRevision !== incomingRevision) {
 					// Do a full load if we've already got a fat version of the tiddler
-					if(tiddler && tiddler.fields.text) {
+					if(tiddler && tiddler.fields.text !== undefined) {
 						// Do a full load of this tiddler
 						self.enqueueSyncTask({
 							type: "load",