diff --git a/javascript/src/ycell.ts b/javascript/src/ycell.ts
index ccafbf8..1383393 100644
--- a/javascript/src/ycell.ts
+++ b/javascript/src/ycell.ts
@@ -761,13 +761,38 @@ export class YCodeCell
     return JSONExt.deepCopy(this._youtputs.toArray());
   }
 
+  createOutputs(outputs: Array<nbformat.IOutput>): Array<any> {
+    const newOutputs: Array<any> = [];
+    for (const output of outputs) {
+      let _newOutput: { [id: string]: any };
+      const newOutput = new Y.Map();
+      if (output.output_type === 'stream') {
+        // Set the text field as a Y.Array
+        const { text, ...outputWithoutText } = output;
+        _newOutput = outputWithoutText;
+        const newText = new Y.Array();
+        newText.push(text as string[]);
+        _newOutput['text'] = newText;
+      }
+      else {
+        _newOutput = output;
+      }
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(_newOutput)) {
+        newOutput.set(key, value);
+      }
+      newOutputs.push(newOutput);
+    }
+    return newOutputs;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Replace all outputs.
    */
   setOutputs(outputs: Array<nbformat.IOutput>): void {
     this.transact(() => {
       this._youtputs.delete(0, this._youtputs.length);
-      this._youtputs.insert(0, outputs);
+      const newOutputs = this.createOutputs(outputs);
+      this._youtputs.insert(0, newOutputs);
     }, false);
   }
 
@@ -789,7 +814,8 @@ export class YCodeCell
       end < this._youtputs.length ? end - start : this._youtputs.length - start;
     this.transact(() => {
       this._youtputs.delete(start, fin);
-      this._youtputs.insert(start, outputs);
+      const newOutputs = this.createOutputs(outputs);
+      this._youtputs.insert(start, newOutputs);
     }, false);
   }
 
diff --git a/jupyter_ydoc/ynotebook.py b/jupyter_ydoc/ynotebook.py
index 5166af1..89afdf6 100644
--- a/jupyter_ydoc/ynotebook.py
+++ b/jupyter_ydoc/ynotebook.py
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ def create_ycell(self, value: Dict[str, Any]) -> Map:
             if "attachments" in cell and not cell["attachments"]:
                 del cell["attachments"]
         elif cell_type == "code":
-            cell["outputs"] = Array(cell.get("outputs", []))
+            outputs = cell.get("outputs", [])
+            for idx, output in enumerate(outputs):
+                if output.get("output_type") == "stream":
+                    output["text"] = Array(output.get("text", []))
+                outputs[idx] = Map(output)
+            cell["outputs"] = Array(outputs)
 
         return Map(cell)