diff --git a/lib/serializers/raw.js b/lib/serializers/raw.js
index 0c5e2ca3d..254f5a5f6 100644
--- a/lib/serializers/raw.js
+++ b/lib/serializers/raw.js
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ function serializeNode(node) {
       }
     }
     case 'text': {
-      return {
-        kind: node.kind,
-        ranges: serializeCharacters(node.characters)
-      }
+      const obj = {}
+      obj.kind = node.kind
+      obj.ranges = serializeCharacters(node.characters)
+      return obj
     }
     case 'block':
     case 'inline': {
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ function deserializeNode(object) {
       })
     }
     case 'text': {
+      if (object.ranges == null && object.text != null) {
+        object.ranges = [{ text: object.text }]
+      }
+
       return Text.create({
         characters: object.ranges ? deserializeRanges(object.ranges) : ''
       })
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@ function deserializeNode(object) {
  * @return {List} characters
  */
 
-function deserializeRanges(array) {
+function deserializeRanges(array = []) {
   return array.reduce((characters, object) => {
     const marks = object.marks || []
     const chars = object.text
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/raw/deserialize/text-without-range/input.yaml b/test/serializers/fixtures/raw/deserialize/text-without-range/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c2724d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/raw/deserialize/text-without-range/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - kind: block
+    type: paragraph
+    nodes:
+      - kind: text
+        text: one
diff --git a/test/serializers/fixtures/raw/deserialize/text-without-range/output.yaml b/test/serializers/fixtures/raw/deserialize/text-without-range/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c208207b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/serializers/fixtures/raw/deserialize/text-without-range/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+nodes:
+  - type: paragraph
+    isVoid: false
+    data: {}
+    nodes:
+      - characters:
+          - text: o
+            marks: []
+          - text: n
+            marks: []
+          - text: e
+            marks: []