diff --git a/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.stories.tsx b/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.stories.tsx
index 9cbfd6e9dc..df8bc4361e 100644
--- a/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/text-editor/text-editor.stories.tsx
@@ -205,21 +205,25 @@ export const WithLinkPreviews = () => {
   const [value, setValue] = useState(
     EditorState.createWithContent(ContentState.createFromText("www.sage.com"))
   );
+  const firstRender = useRef(false);
   const previews = useRef<React.JSX.Element[]>([]);
   const removeUrl = (reportedUrl: string | undefined) => {
     previews.current = previews.current.filter(
       (preview) => reportedUrl !== preview.props.url
     );
   };
-  previews.current.push(
-    <EditorLinkPreview
-      onClose={(urlString) => removeUrl(urlString)}
-      title="This is an example of a title"
-      url="https://www.sage.com"
-      description="Captain, why are we out here chasing comets? I'd like to think that I haven't changed those things, sir. Computer, lights up! Not if I weaken first. Damage report! Yesterday I did not know how to eat gagh. The Federation's gone; the Borg is everywhere! We know you're dealing in stolen ore. But I wanna talk about the assassination attempt on Lieutenant Worf. Our neural pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns. Wouldn't that bring about chaos?"
-      key="key - 1"
-    />
-  );
+  if (!firstRender.current) {
+    firstRender.current = true;
+    previews.current.push(
+      <EditorLinkPreview
+        onClose={(urlString) => removeUrl(urlString)}
+        title="This is an example of a title"
+        url="https://www.sage.com"
+        description="Captain, why are we out here chasing comets? I'd like to think that I haven't changed those things, sir. Computer, lights up! Not if I weaken first. Damage report! Yesterday I did not know how to eat gagh. The Federation's gone; the Borg is everywhere! We know you're dealing in stolen ore. But I wanna talk about the assassination attempt on Lieutenant Worf. Our neural pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns. Wouldn't that bring about chaos?"
+        key="key - 1"
+      />
+    );
+  }
   const checkValidDomain = (url: string) => {
     const domainsWhitelist = [".com", ".co.uk", ".org", ".net"];
     const result = domainsWhitelist.filter((domain) => url.endsWith(domain))
@@ -228,8 +232,7 @@ export const WithLinkPreviews = () => {
   };
   const addUrl = (reportedUrl: string) => {
     if (
-      !previews.current.filter((preview) => reportedUrl === preview.props.url)
-        .length &&
+      !previews.current.some((preview) => reportedUrl === preview.props.url) &&
       checkValidDomain(reportedUrl)
     ) {
       const previewConfig = {