diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js b/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js
index 0f9b02198..ef8417895 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/Editor.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import Placeholder from 'rich-markdown-editor/lib/components/Placeholder';
 import ClickablePadding from 'components/ClickablePadding';
 import plugins from './plugins';
 
+const defaultOptions = { normalize: true };
+
 type Props = {
   defaultValue?: string,
   readOnly?: boolean,
@@ -29,15 +31,14 @@ class DocumentEditor extends React.Component<Props> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { readOnly, defaultValue } = this.props;
+    const { readOnly } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <React.Fragment>
         <StyledEditor
           ref={ref => (this.editor = ref)}
           plugins={plugins}
-          options={{ normalize: !defaultValue }}
-          defaultValue={defaultValue}
+          options={defaultOptions}
           {...this.props}
         />
         <ClickablePadding
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d3433d96..a3caa29d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     "react-waypoint": "^7.3.1",
     "redis": "^2.6.2",
     "redis-lock": "^0.1.0",
-    "rich-markdown-editor": "^9.1.0",
+    "rich-markdown-editor": "^9.1.1",
     "safestart": "1.1.0",
     "sequelize": "4.28.6",
     "sequelize-cli": "^5.4.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d199b2d33..953bdc50b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7735,9 +7735,9 @@ 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@^9.1.0:
-  version "9.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-9.1.0.tgz#d149eda8aa416c06eb1c2b3dfc474f9cd0b7a632"
+rich-markdown-editor@^9.1.1:
+  version "9.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-9.1.1.tgz#3fd0f2b2ed8e3e2690d29f7cefefa4bdf8fc7bef"
   dependencies:
     "@tommoor/slate-edit-list" "0.19.0-0"
     "@wikifactory/slate-edit-blockquote" "^0.7.1"
@@ -7763,7 +7763,7 @@ rich-markdown-editor@^9.1.0:
     slate "^0.44.10"
     slate-collapse-on-escape "^0.8.1"
     slate-drop-or-paste-images "^0.9.1"
-    slate-md-serializer "^5.3.0"
+    slate-md-serializer "^5.3.1"
     slate-paste-linkify "^0.7.0"
     slate-react "^0.21.15"
     slate-schema-violations "^0.1.39"
@@ -8088,9 +8088,9 @@ slate-hotkeys@^0.2.8:
     is-hotkey "0.1.4"
     slate-dev-environment "^0.2.1"
 
-slate-md-serializer@^5.3.0:
-  version "5.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slate-md-serializer/-/slate-md-serializer-5.3.0.tgz#481c1cafe75151faee264803c30bf3dd5f4ed2ac"
+slate-md-serializer@^5.3.1:
+  version "5.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slate-md-serializer/-/slate-md-serializer-5.3.1.tgz#999dfb9dafe71d2f96019d9d95d4aac24bd493de"
   dependencies:
     hashtag-regex "^2.0.0"