diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19f9236..56b3a7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+- The `id` attribute was not being used as the id for the editor.
+
 ## 2.0.2 - 2023-03-27
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/main/ts/component/Editor.ts b/src/main/ts/component/Editor.ts
index 67a37a9..b71060a 100644
--- a/src/main/ts/component/Editor.ts
+++ b/src/main/ts/component/Editor.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ class TinyMceEditor extends HTMLElement {
     // load
     const target = document.createElement('textarea');
     target.value = this.textContent ?? '';
+    const attrId = this.attributes.getNamedItem('id')?.value;
+    if (attrId) {
+      target.id = attrId;
+    }
     if (this.placeholder !== null) {
       target.placeholder = this.placeholder;
     }