diff --git a/src/js/svgcanvas.js b/src/js/svgcanvas.js
index 63f8ff4..cfeeaec 100644
--- a/src/js/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/src/js/svgcanvas.js
@@ -5844,7 +5844,7 @@ this.setSvgString = function(xmlString) {
         // grab the first tspan and apply it to the text element
         svgedit.sanitize.svgWhiteList()["text"].forEach(attr => {
           const value = tspan.getAttribute(attr);
-          if (value) {
+          if (value && attr !== "id" && !attr.includes(":")) {
             tspan.removeAttribute(attr);
             text.setAttribute(attr, value);
           }