diff --git a/frontend/cypress/e2e/task/task.spec.ts b/frontend/cypress/e2e/task/task.spec.ts
index 2335b45d3..49abc9a2b 100644
--- a/frontend/cypress/e2e/task/task.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/cypress/e2e/task/task.spec.ts
@@ -951,6 +951,43 @@ describe('Task', () => {
 				.should('have.length', 5)
 			cy.get('.task-view .checklist-summary')
 				.should('contain.text', '2 of 5 tasks')
+			})
+
+		it('Persists checked checklist items after reload', () => {
+			const tasks = TaskFactory.create(1, {
+				id: 1,
+				description: `
+<ul data-type="taskList">
+	<li data-checked="false" data-type="taskItem"><label><input type="checkbox"><span></span></label>
+		<div><p>First Item</p></div>
+	</li>
+	<li data-checked="false" data-type="taskItem"><label><input type="checkbox"><span></span></label>
+		<div><p>Second Item</p></div>
+	</li>
+</ul>`,
+				})
+			cy.visit(`/tasks/${tasks[0].id}`)
+
+			cy.get('.task-view .checklist-summary')
+				.should('contain.text', '0 of 2 tasks')
+			cy.get('.tiptap__editor ul > li input[type=checkbox]')
+				.first()
+				.click()
+
+			cy.get('.task-view .details.content.description h3 span.is-small.has-text-success')
+				.contains('Saved!')
+				.should('exist')
+
+			cy.get('.task-view .checklist-summary')
+				.should('contain.text', '1 of 2 tasks')
+
+			cy.reload()
+
+			cy.get('.task-view .checklist-summary')
+				.should('contain.text', '1 of 2 tasks')
+			cy.get('.tiptap__editor ul > li input[type=checkbox]')
+				.first()
+				.should('be.checked')
 		})
 
 		it('Should use the editor to render description', () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/input/editor/TipTap.vue b/frontend/src/components/input/editor/TipTap.vue
index cabd2f31f..89f77d39a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/input/editor/TipTap.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/input/editor/TipTap.vue
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ const extensions : Extensions = [
 			// https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/issues/3676
 
 			editor.value!.state.doc.descendants((subnode, pos) => {
-				if (node.eq(subnode)) {
+				if (subnode === node) {
 					const {tr} = editor.value!.state
 					tr.setNodeMarkup(pos, undefined, {
 						...node.attrs,