diff --git a/ts/routes/image-occlusion/shapes/text.ts b/ts/routes/image-occlusion/shapes/text.ts
index b41a071ec..fd7ac191e 100644
--- a/ts/routes/image-occlusion/shapes/text.ts
+++ b/ts/routes/image-occlusion/shapes/text.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class Text extends Shape {
             backgroundColor: TEXT_BACKGROUND_COLOR,
             padding: TEXT_PADDING,
             lineHeight: 1,
+            lockScalingFlip: true,
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/ts/routes/image-occlusion/tools/tool-text.ts b/ts/routes/image-occlusion/tools/tool-text.ts
index 76f463189..76c861461 100644
--- a/ts/routes/image-occlusion/tools/tool-text.ts
+++ b/ts/routes/image-occlusion/tools/tool-text.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export const drawText = (canvas: fabric.Canvas, onActivated: Callback): void =>
             padding: TEXT_PADDING,
             opacity: get(opacityStateStore) ? 0.4 : 1,
             lineHeight: 1,
+            lockScalingFlip: true,
         });
         text["id"] = "text-" + new Date().getTime();