diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/Document.js b/app/scenes/Document/Document.js
index 839595122..977fa2e49 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/Document.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/Document.js
@@ -194,16 +194,18 @@ class DocumentScene extends React.Component<Props> {
     this.isUploading = false;
   };
 
-  onChange = text => {
+  onChange = debounce(getText => {
     let document = this.document;
     if (!document) return;
+
+    const text = getText();
     if (document.text.trim() === text.trim()) return;
     document.updateData({ text }, true);
 
     // prevent autosave before anything has been written
     if (!document.title && !document.id) return;
     this.autosave();
-  };
+  }, 250);
 
   onDiscard = () => {
     let url;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16c0febd8..3ea7caf86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     "react-waypoint": "^7.3.1",
     "redis": "^2.6.2",
     "redis-lock": "^0.1.0",
-    "rich-markdown-editor": "3.1.4",
+    "rich-markdown-editor": "4.0.0",
     "safestart": "1.1.0",
     "sequelize": "4.28.6",
     "sequelize-cli": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 680590e25..f05eceae9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8858,9 +8858,9 @@ retry-axios@0.3.2, retry-axios@^0.3.2:
   version "0.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/retry-axios/-/retry-axios-0.3.2.tgz#5757c80f585b4cc4c4986aa2ffd47a60c6d35e13"
 
-rich-markdown-editor@3.1.4:
-  version "3.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-3.1.4.tgz#90e60f599e0ad57b52d893880c89d7ebdfdd97cd"
+rich-markdown-editor@4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-4.0.0.tgz#483f2b24867553245b66a8c8f56ec3f8d70ae248"
   dependencies:
     "@tommoor/slate-drop-or-paste-images" "^0.8.1"
     babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator "^6.24.1"