diff --git a/src/element/textWysiwyg.tsx b/src/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
index ffdc18cf..4edea15d 100644
--- a/src/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
+++ b/src/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
 
   const updateWysiwygStyle = () => {
     const appState = app.state;
-    const updatedElement = Scene.getScene(element)?.getElement(
-      id,
-    ) as ExcalidrawTextElement;
+    const updatedElement =
+      Scene.getScene(element)?.getElement<ExcalidrawTextElement>(id);
+    if (!updatedElement) {
+      return;
+    }
     const { textAlign, verticalAlign } = updatedElement;
 
     const approxLineHeight = getApproxLineHeight(getFontString(updatedElement));
diff --git a/src/scene/Scene.ts b/src/scene/Scene.ts
index 5d981c3f..4f05f52e 100644
--- a/src/scene/Scene.ts
+++ b/src/scene/Scene.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ class Scene {
     return this.nonDeletedElements;
   }
 
-  getElement(id: ExcalidrawElement["id"]): ExcalidrawElement | null {
-    return this.elementsMap.get(id) || null;
+  getElement<T extends ExcalidrawElement>(id: T["id"]): T | null {
+    return (this.elementsMap.get(id) as T | undefined) || null;
   }
 
   getNonDeletedElement(