diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/RichEdit.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/RichEdit.pm
index 86f08cac0..6c7b192ac 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/RichEdit.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/RichEdit.pm
@@ -493,14 +493,11 @@ sub getRichEditor {
 	$config{height} = $self->editorHeight || "100%";
 	$config{plugins} = join(",",@plugins);
 
-    $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('yui/build/yahoo/yahoo-min.js'));
-    $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('yui/build/event/event-min.js'));
-    $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js'));
-    $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras("tinymce-webgui/callbacks.js"));
     my $out = '';
     if ($ask) {
         $out = q|<a style="display: block;" href="javascript:toggleEditor('|.$nameId.q|')">|.$i18n->get('Toggle editor').q|</a>|;
     }
+    $self->richedit_headTags;
     $out .= qq|<script type="text/javascript">\n|;
     if ($ask) {
         $out .= <<"EOHTML1";
@@ -526,6 +523,25 @@ EOHTML1
 }
 
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 richedit_headTags ( )
+
+Similar to the headTags method for Form plugins, this sets all Javascript and CSS links for the
+richeditor to work.
+
+=cut
+
+sub richedit_headTags {
+	my $self = shift;
+    my $style = $self->session->style;
+    my $url   = $self->session->url;
+    $style->setScript($url->extras('yui/build/yahoo/yahoo-min.js'));
+    $style->setScript($url->extras('yui/build/event/event-min.js'));
+    $style->setScript($url->extras('tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js'));
+    $style->setScript($url->extras("tinymce-webgui/callbacks.js"));
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 indexContent ( )
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm
index de6219cea..57f1807ad 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ Set the head tags for this form plugin
 
 sub headTags {
     my $self = shift;
-    $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('textFix.js'),{ type=>'text/javascript' });
+    if (! $self->{_richEdit}) {
+        $self->{_richEdit} = eval { WebGUI::Asset->newById($self->session,$self->get("richEditId")) };
+        return if Exception::Class->caught();
+    }
+    $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('textFix.js'));
+    $self->{_richEdit}->richedit_headTags;
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -182,15 +187,16 @@ Renders an HTML area field.
 sub toHtml {
 	my $self = shift;
 	my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($self->session);
-	my $richEdit = eval { WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit->newById($self->session, $self->get("richEditId")); };
-	if (! Exception::Class->caught() ) {
-	   $self->set("extras", $self->get('extras') . q{ onblur="fixChars(this.form['}.$self->get("name").q{'])" mce_editable="true" });
-	   $self->set("resizable", 0);
-	   return $self->SUPER::toHtml.$richEdit->getRichEditor($self->get('id'));
-    } else {
-	   $self->session->errorHandler->warn($i18n->get('rich editor load error','Form_HTMLArea'));
-	   return $self->SUPER::toHtml;
-	}
+    if (! $self->{_richEdit}) {
+        my $richEdit = eval { WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit->newById($self->session, $self->get("richEditId")); };
+        if (Exception::Class->caught() ) {
+            $self->session->errorHandler->warn($i18n->get('rich editor load error','Form_HTMLArea'));
+            return $self->SUPER::toHtml;
+        }
+    }
+    $self->set("extras", $self->get('extras') . q{ onblur="fixChars(this.form['}.$self->get("name").q{'])" mce_editable="true" });
+    $self->set("resizable", 0);
+    return $self->SUPER::toHtml.$self->{_richEdit}->getRichEditor($self->get('id'));
 
 }