diff --git a/src/node/db/Pad.js b/src/node/db/Pad.js
index c68e6e271..0b5a1a7cb 100644
--- a/src/node/db/Pad.js
+++ b/src/node/db/Pad.js
@@ -387,15 +387,10 @@ Pad.prototype.init = async function (text, authorId = '') {
     }
   } else {
     if (text == null) {
-      const context = {
-        pad: this,
-        authorId,
-        type: 'text',
-        content: exports.cleanText(settings.defaultPadText),
-      };
+      const context = {pad: this, authorId, type: 'text', content: settings.defaultPadText};
       await hooks.aCallAll('padDefaultContent', context);
       if (context.type !== 'text') throw new Error(`unsupported content type: ${context.type}`);
-      text = context.content;
+      text = exports.cleanText(context.content);
     }
     const firstChangeset = Changeset.makeSplice('\n', 0, 0, text);
     await this.appendRevision(firstChangeset, authorId);
diff --git a/src/tests/backend/specs/Pad.js b/src/tests/backend/specs/Pad.js
index 0e385097e..ec5c24631 100644
--- a/src/tests/backend/specs/Pad.js
+++ b/src/tests/backend/specs/Pad.js
@@ -118,5 +118,17 @@ describe(__filename, function () {
       pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
       assert.equal(pad.text(), `${want}\n`);
     });
+
+    it('cleans provided content', async function () {
+      const input = 'foo\r\nbar\r\tbaz';
+      const want = 'foo\nbar\n        baz';
+      assert.notEqual(want, settings.defaultPadText);
+      plugins.hooks.padDefaultContent.push({hook_fn: async (hookName, ctx) => {
+        ctx.type = 'text';
+        ctx.content = input;
+      }});
+      pad = await padManager.getPad(padId);
+      assert.equal(pad.text(), `${want}\n`);
+    });
   });
 });