diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/products/new.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/products/new.html.haml
index 154793f6cb..868dc40bf1 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/products/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/products/new.html.haml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         = f.field_container :description do
           = f.label :product_description, t(".product_description")
           %br/
-          %text-angular{'id' => 'product_description', 'name' => 'product[description]', 'class' => 'text-angular', "textangular-links-target-blank" => true, 'ta-toolbar' => "[['bold','italics','underline','clear'],['insertLink']]"}
+          %text-angular{'id' => 'product_description', 'name' => 'product[description]', 'class' => 'text-angular', "textangular-links-target-blank" => true, 'ta-toolbar' => "[['bold','italics','underline','clear'],['insertLink']]", "ng-model": "product.description"}
             = sanitize(@product.description)
           = f.error_message_on :description
   .four.columns.omega{ style: "text-align: center" }