diff --git a/app/client/src/sagas/PageSagas.tsx b/app/client/src/sagas/PageSagas.tsx
index 59fb0bd1cd..abb254f15e 100644
--- a/app/client/src/sagas/PageSagas.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/sagas/PageSagas.tsx
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ export function* fetchPageSaga(
     if (isValidResponse) {
       // Get Canvas payload
       const canvasWidgetsPayload = getCanvasWidgetsPayload(fetchPageResponse);
-      // Execute page load actions
-      yield put(executePageLoadActions(canvasWidgetsPayload.pageActions));
       // Update the canvas
       yield put(updateCanvas(canvasWidgetsPayload));
       // dispatch fetch page success
       yield put(fetchPageSuccess());
+      // Execute page load actions
+      yield put(executePageLoadActions(canvasWidgetsPayload.pageActions));
     }
   } catch (error) {
     yield put({
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ export function* fetchPublishedPageSaga(
     const isValidResponse = yield validateResponse(response);
     if (isValidResponse) {
       const canvasWidgetsPayload = getCanvasWidgetsPayload(response);
-      // Execute page load actions
-      yield put(executePageLoadActions(canvasWidgetsPayload.pageActions));
       yield put(updateCanvas(canvasWidgetsPayload));
       yield put({
         type: ReduxActionTypes.FETCH_PUBLISHED_PAGE_SUCCESS,
@@ -167,6 +165,8 @@ export function* fetchPublishedPageSaga(
           pageWidgetId: canvasWidgetsPayload.pageWidgetId,
         },
       });
+      // Execute page load actions
+      yield put(executePageLoadActions(canvasWidgetsPayload.pageActions));
     }
   } catch (error) {
     yield put({
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/InputWidget.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/InputWidget.tsx
index 3ba85d9273..9779fd86ce 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/InputWidget.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/InputWidget.tsx
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ class InputWidget extends BaseWidget<InputWidgetProps, WidgetState> {
 
   componentDidMount() {
     super.componentDidMount();
-    if (this.props.defaultText) {
-      this.updateWidgetMetaProperty("text", this.props.defaultText);
-    }
+    const text = this.props.defaultText || "";
+    this.updateWidgetMetaProperty("text", text);
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: InputWidgetProps) {