diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
index b3dece73cf..8b4c760594 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptedit.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ CSVWorld::ScriptEdit::ScriptEdit (QWidget* parent, const CSMDoc::Document& docum
     mDocument (document),
     mWhiteListQoutes("^[a-z|_]{1}[a-z|0-9|_]{0,}$", Qt::CaseInsensitive)
 {
+    setAcceptRichText (false);
+    setLineWrapMode (QTextEdit::NoWrap);
+    setTabStopWidth (4);
+    setUndoRedoEnabled (false); // we use OpenCS-wide undo/redo instead
+
     mAllowedTypes <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Journal
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Global
                   <<CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Topic
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp
index fa41151ca3..0508b4de25 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/scriptsubview.cpp
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ CSVWorld::ScriptSubView::ScriptSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, CSMDoc:
 {
     setWidget (mEditor = new ScriptEdit (this, mDocument));
 
-    mEditor->setAcceptRichText (false);
-    mEditor->setLineWrapMode (QTextEdit::NoWrap);
-    mEditor->setTabStopWidth (4);
-    mEditor->setUndoRedoEnabled (false); // we use OpenCS-wide undo/redo instead
-
     mModel = &dynamic_cast<CSMWorld::IdTable&> (
         *document.getData().getTableModel (CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Scripts));