diff --git a/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb b/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb
index d19887583..12e2c0510 100644
--- a/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb
+++ b/app/utilities/protocols_importer.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ module ProtocolsImporter
   def populate_rte(object_json, object, team)
     return populate_rte_legacy(object_json) unless object_json['descriptionAssets']
 
-    description = TinyMceAsset.update_old_tinymce(object_json['description'], nil)
+    description = TinyMceAsset.update_old_tinymce(object_json['description'], nil, true)
     object_json['descriptionAssets'].values.each do |tiny_mce_img_json|
       tiny_mce_img = TinyMceAsset.new(
         object: object,