diff --git a/shared/editor/extensions/PasteHandler.ts b/shared/editor/extensions/PasteHandler.ts
index fe133da05..bc4ce2481 100644
--- a/shared/editor/extensions/PasteHandler.ts
+++ b/shared/editor/extensions/PasteHandler.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ import isInCode from "../queries/isInCode";
 import isInList from "../queries/isInList";
 import { LANGUAGES } from "./Prism";
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the HTML string is likely coming from Dropbox Paper.
+ *
+ * @param html The HTML string to check.
+ * @returns True if the HTML string is likely coming from Dropbox Paper.
+ */
 function isDropboxPaper(html: string): boolean {
-  // The best we have to detect if a paste is likely coming from Paper
-  // In this case it's actually better to use the text version
   return html?.includes("usually-unique-id");
 }
 
@@ -23,6 +27,34 @@ function sliceSingleNode(slice: Slice) {
     : null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parses the text contents of an HTML string and returns the src of the first
+ * iframe if it exists.
+ *
+ * @param text The HTML string to parse.
+ * @returns The src of the first iframe if it exists, or undefined.
+ */
+function parseSingleIframeSrc(html: string) {
+  try {
+    const parser = new DOMParser();
+    const doc = parser.parseFromString(html, "text/html");
+
+    if (
+      doc.body.children.length === 1 &&
+      doc.body.firstElementChild?.tagName === "IFRAME"
+    ) {
+      const iframe = doc.body.firstElementChild;
+      const src = iframe.getAttribute("src");
+      if (src) {
+        return src;
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Ignore the million ways parsing could fail.
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export default class PasteHandler extends Extension {
   get name() {
     return "paste-handler";
@@ -65,10 +97,16 @@ export default class PasteHandler extends Extension {
               return false;
             }
 
-            const text = event.clipboardData.getData("text/plain");
+            const { state, dispatch } = view;
+            const iframeSrc = parseSingleIframeSrc(
+              event.clipboardData.getData("text/plain")
+            );
+            const text =
+              iframeSrc && !isInCode(state)
+                ? iframeSrc
+                : event.clipboardData.getData("text/plain");
             const html = event.clipboardData.getData("text/html");
             const vscode = event.clipboardData.getData("vscode-editor-data");
-            const { state, dispatch } = view;
 
             // first check if the clipboard contents can be parsed as a single
             // url, this is mainly for allowing pasted urls to become embeds
diff --git a/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx b/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx
index f7c4d2775..0876d2f37 100644
--- a/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx
+++ b/shared/editor/nodes/Embed.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class Embed extends Node {
       },
       parseDOM: [
         {
-          tag: "iframe.embed",
+          tag: "iframe",
           getAttrs: (dom: HTMLIFrameElement) => {
             const { embeds } = this.editor.props;
             const href = dom.getAttribute("src") || "";
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default class Embed extends Node {
               }
             }
 
-            return {};
+            return false;
           },
         },
       ],