diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/NostrConfigDialog.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/NostrConfigDialog.qml
index 0eb6cfd86fe..384555f5b0d 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/NostrConfigDialog.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/NostrConfigDialog.qml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ ElDialog {
                     Layout.fillWidth: true
                     Layout.fillHeight: true
                     font.family: FixedFont
-                    topPadding: constants.paddingLarge
                     wrapMode: TextEdit.WrapAnywhere
                     onTextChanged: valid = verify(text)
                     inputMethodHints: Qt.ImhSensitiveData | Qt.ImhNoPredictiveText | Qt.ImhNoAutoUppercase
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml
index e161979d2b0..1d69e04f535 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ElTextArea.qml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Flickable {
     property alias background: rootpane.background
     property alias font: edit.font
     property alias inputMethodHints: edit.inputMethodHints
-    property alias placeholderText: edit.placeholderText
+    property string placeholderText
     property alias color: edit.color
     property alias topPadding: rootpane.topPadding
     readonly property bool anyActiveFocus: activeFocus || edit.activeFocus
@@ -49,11 +49,13 @@ Flickable {
         width: root.width
         height: Math.max(root.height, edit.height + topPadding + bottomPadding)
         padding: constants.paddingXSmall
+        topPadding: constants.paddingLarge
         TextArea {
             id: edit
             width: parent.width
             focus: true
             wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
+            placeholderText: edit.text.length ? "" : root.placeholderText
             onCursorRectangleChanged: root.ensureVisible(cursorRectangle)
             onTextChanged: root.textChanged()
             background: Rectangle {