diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/events.ts b/app/soapbox/actions/events.ts
index 28d5b9db7..55bf6eec3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/actions/events.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/events.ts
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ const submitEvent = () =>
       status,
       start_time: startTime,
       join_mode: joinMode,
+      content_type: 'text/markdown',
     };
 
     if (endTime)  params.end_time    = endTime;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/event/event-information.tsx b/app/soapbox/features/event/event-information.tsx
index e6c2f4e72..7e6f2d4a3 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/event/event-information.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/event/event-information.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { FormattedDate, FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 
+import { openModal } from 'soapbox/actions/modals';
 import { fetchStatus } from 'soapbox/actions/statuses';
 import MissingIndicator from 'soapbox/components/missing-indicator';
 import StatusContent from 'soapbox/components/status-content';