diff --git a/ts/editable/editable-container.ts b/ts/editable/editable-container.ts
index 68f06a14a..645006b7a 100644
--- a/ts/editable/editable-container.ts
+++ b/ts/editable/editable-container.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,41 @@
 @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion: "off",
  */
 
+function loadStyleLink(container: Node, href: string): Promise<void> {
+    const rootStyle = document.createElement("link");
+    rootStyle.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
+    rootStyle.setAttribute("href", href);
+
+    let styleResolve: () => void;
+    const stylePromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => (styleResolve = resolve));
+
+    rootStyle.addEventListener("load", () => styleResolve());
+    container.appendChild(rootStyle);
+
+    return stylePromise;
+}
+
+function loadStyleTag(container: Node): [HTMLStyleElement, Promise<void>] {
+    const style = document.createElement("style");
+    style.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
+
+    let styleResolve: () => void;
+    const stylePromise = new Promise<void>((resolve) => (styleResolve = resolve));
+
+    style.addEventListener("load", () => styleResolve());
+    container.appendChild(style);
+
+    return [style, stylePromise];
+}
+
 export class EditableContainer extends HTMLDivElement {
     baseStyle: HTMLStyleElement;
+    imageStyle: HTMLStyleElement;
+
+    imagePromise: Promise<void>;
+    stylePromise: Promise<void>;
+
     baseRule?: CSSStyleRule;
-    imageStyle?: HTMLStyleElement;
 
     constructor() {
         super();
@@ -18,15 +49,19 @@ export class EditableContainer extends HTMLDivElement {
             this.classList.add("night-mode");
         }
 
-        const rootStyle = document.createElement("link");
-        rootStyle.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
-        rootStyle.setAttribute("href", "./_anki/css/editable-build.css");
-        shadow.appendChild(rootStyle);
+        const rootPromise = loadStyleLink(shadow, "./_anki/css/editable-build.css");
+        const [baseStyle, basePromise] = loadStyleTag(shadow);
+        const [imageStyle, imagePromise] = loadStyleTag(shadow);
 
-        this.baseStyle = document.createElement("style");
-        this.baseStyle.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
-        this.baseStyle.id = "baseStyle";
-        shadow.appendChild(this.baseStyle);
+        this.baseStyle = baseStyle;
+        this.imageStyle = imageStyle;
+
+        this.imagePromise = imagePromise;
+        this.stylePromise = Promise.all([
+            rootPromise,
+            basePromise,
+            imagePromise,
+        ]) as unknown as Promise<void>;
     }
 
     connectedCallback(): void {
diff --git a/ts/editor/editing-area.ts b/ts/editor/editing-area.ts
index c2d36cd30..88cd1028c 100644
--- a/ts/editor/editing-area.ts
+++ b/ts/editor/editing-area.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ export class EditingArea extends HTMLDivElement {
             is: "anki-editable-container",
         }) as EditableContainer;
 
-        const imageStyle = document.createElement("style");
-        imageStyle.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
-        imageStyle.id = "imageHandleStyle";
-
         this.editable = document.createElement("anki-editable") as Editable;
-        this.editableContainer.shadowRoot!.appendChild(imageStyle);
         this.editableContainer.shadowRoot!.appendChild(this.editable);
         this.appendChild(this.editableContainer);
 
@@ -55,18 +50,18 @@ export class EditingArea extends HTMLDivElement {
         );
 
         let imageHandleResolve: (value: ImageHandle) => void;
-        this.imageHandle = new Promise<ImageHandle>((resolve) => {
-            imageHandleResolve = resolve;
-        });
+        this.imageHandle = new Promise<ImageHandle>(
+            (resolve) => (imageHandleResolve = resolve)
+        );
 
-        imageStyle.addEventListener("load", () =>
+        this.editableContainer.imagePromise.then(() =>
             imageHandleResolve(
                 new ImageHandle({
                     target: this,
                     anchor: this.editableContainer,
                     props: {
                         container: this.editable,
-                        sheet: imageStyle.sheet,
+                        sheet: this.editableContainer.imageStyle.sheet,
                     },
                     context,
                 } as any)
@@ -105,6 +100,7 @@ export class EditingArea extends HTMLDivElement {
     set fieldHTML(content: string) {
         this.imageHandle.then(() => {
             let result = content;
+
             for (const component of decoratedComponents) {
                 result = component.toUndecorated(result);
             }
@@ -149,8 +145,10 @@ export class EditingArea extends HTMLDivElement {
     }
 
     initialize(color: string, content: string): void {
-        this.setBaseColor(color);
-        this.fieldHTML = content;
+        this.editableContainer.stylePromise.then(() => {
+            this.setBaseColor(color);
+            this.fieldHTML = content;
+        });
     }
 
     setBaseColor(color: string): void {