diff --git a/lang/en/phrases/richtext.xml b/lang/en/phrases/richtext.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0712559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/en/phrases/richtext.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="no" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE phrases SYSTEM "entities.dtd">
+
+<epp:phrases xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epp="http://eprints.org/ep3/phrase" xmlns:epc="http://eprints.org/ep3/control">
+  <epp:phrase id="lib/metafield:join_richtext"><br/></epp:phrase>
+</epp:phrases>
diff --git a/plugins/EPrints/MetaField/Richtext.pm b/plugins/EPrints/MetaField/Richtext.pm
index 9288fd9..fc1abc0 100644
--- a/plugins/EPrints/MetaField/Richtext.pm
+++ b/plugins/EPrints/MetaField/Richtext.pm
@@ -51,7 +51,17 @@ sub render_input_field_actual
 
 	#$frag->appendChild( $session->make_element( "script", src => "//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js" ) );
 	$frag->appendChild( $session->make_element( "script", src=> "/javascript/tinymce.min.js" ) );
-	$frag->appendChild( $session->make_javascript( 'jQuery( document ).ready(function($){ initTinyMCE("#' . $basename .'"); } );' ) );
+
+	if( $self->get_property( "multiple" ) )
+	{
+		# This method will call initTinyMCE for each textarea rendered
+		# not in a document.ready as document.ready doesn't call in AJAX contexts
+		$frag->appendChild( $session->make_javascript( 'initMultipleTinyMCEs("' . $basename . '");' ) );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$frag->appendChild( $session->make_javascript( 'jQuery( document ).ready(function($){ initTinyMCE("#' . $basename .'"); } );' ) );
+	}
 
 	return $frag;
 }
@@ -60,16 +70,27 @@ sub render_single_value
 {
 	my( $self, $session, $value, $obj ) = @_;
 
-        if( !defined $value ) { return $session->make_doc_fragment; }
+	if( !defined $value ) { return $session->make_doc_fragment; }
+
+	my $body = eval
+	{
+		my $dom = XML::LibXML->load_html(
+			string => $value
+		);
 
-        my $dom = XML::LibXML->load_html(
-              string => $value
-        );
+		my @nodelist = $dom->getElementsByTagName("body");
+		return $nodelist[0];
+	};
 
-	my @nodelist = $dom->getElementsByTagName("body");
-	my $body = $nodelist[0];
+	# If you have non-richtext encoded characters like & here, can cause LibXML to fail and a 500 error
+	# so catch this and just render plaintext
+	if( $@ )
+	{
+		print STDERR "Exception trying to render richtext for $value: $@\n";
+		return $session->make_text( $value );
+	}
 
-        return $body;	
+        return $body;
 }
 
 ######################################################################
diff --git a/static/javascript/auto/60_richtext.js b/static/javascript/auto/60_richtext.js
index 29d51f2..bf8fc17 100644
--- a/static/javascript/auto/60_richtext.js
+++ b/static/javascript/auto/60_richtext.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 var initTinyMCE = function(id){
+	// Remove any old tinymce instance with this id (e.g. in AJAX context)
+	tinymce.remove(id);
+
         tinymce.init({
                 selector: id,
 		height: 500,
@@ -13,3 +16,9 @@ var initTinyMCE = function(id){
         });
 };
 
+// For multiple fields
+function initMultipleTinyMCEs(basename) {
+	for( var i = 1; i <= document.getElementById(basename + '_spaces').value; i++ ) {
+		initTinyMCE('#' + basename + '_' + i);
+	}
+}