diff --git a/src/components/html/HTML.js b/src/components/html/HTML.js
index 9ff661a67e..8cfef3a148 100644
--- a/src/components/html/HTML.js
+++ b/src/components/html/HTML.js
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ export default class HTMLComponent extends Component {
   attach(element) {
     this.loadRefs(element, { html: 'single' });
     this.dataReady.then(() => {
-      if (this.element) {
-        this.setContent(this.elemet, this.content);
+      if (this.refs.html) {
+        this.setContent(this.refs.html, this.content);
       }
     });
     return super.attach(element);