diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e603684..d0281de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Improvements
 
 Fixes
 - Fixed data texture atlases not allowing most characters in their region names
+- Fixed paragraphs sometimes not updating their position properly when hidden because they're empty
 
 ## 6.0.0
 ### MLEM
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
index 2e81a5d..fa0dca2 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
         private string text;
         private StyleProp<TextAlignment> alignment;
         private StyleProp<GenericFont> regularFont;
-        private bool forceHide;
+        private bool forceHide = true;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new paragraph with the given settings.