diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/tldraw/service/tldraw.ws.service.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/tldraw/service/tldraw.ws.service.ts
index 60d69193695..42754345b6a 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/tldraw/service/tldraw.ws.service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/tldraw/service/tldraw.ws.service.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { readSyncMessage, writeSyncStep1, writeUpdate } from 'y-protocols/sync';
 import { TldrawBoardRepo } from '@src/modules/tldraw/repo';
 import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
 import { getDocUpdatesFromQueue, pushDocUpdatesToQueue } from '@src/modules/tldraw/redis';
-import { applyUpdate, Doc } from 'yjs';
+import { applyUpdate, Doc, encodeStateAsUpdate } from 'yjs';
 import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ export class TldrawWsService {
 			}
 		});
 
+		applyUpdate(doc, encodeStateAsUpdate(redisYDoc));
+
 		// Check if connection is still alive
 		let pongReceived = true;
 		const pingInterval = setInterval(() => {