diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70efaa2f..0fb05cb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Bump node version requirement to 20+
 - Bump minimum supported browsers to Firefox 115, iOS/Safari 16
+- Fix text with input x as null
 
 ### [v0.18.0] - 2026-03-14
 
diff --git a/lib/mixins/text.js b/lib/mixins/text.js
index 82906531..f83d8ba7 100644
--- a/lib/mixins/text.js
+++ b/lib/mixins/text.js
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ export default {
   },
 
   _initOptions(x = {}, y, options = {}) {
-    if (typeof x === 'object') {
+    if (x && typeof x === 'object') {
       options = x;
       x = null;
     }
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ export default {
     } // 1/4 inch
 
     // Normalize rotation to between 0 - 360
-    result.rotation = Number(options.rotation ?? 0) % 360;
+    result.rotation = Number(result.rotation ?? 0) % 360;
     if (result.rotation < 0) result.rotation += 360;
 
     return result;
diff --git a/tests/unit/text.spec.js b/tests/unit/text.spec.js
index 8d6cc7e7..69cdb3b4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/text.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/text.spec.js
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ Q
 
       expect(docData).toContainText({ text });
     });
+
+    test('with null x coordinate', () => {
+      const docData = logData(document);
+
+      document.text('text with null x', null, 50);
+      document.end();
+
+      expect(docData).toContainText({ text: 'text with null x' });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('text with structure parent links', () => {