diff --git a/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue b/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
index d3ecb136..ba25e85d 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/components/wiki-control.vue
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ export default {
     },
     getSelectedRange(forceBlock) {
       let bodyTextArea = this.$refs.editArea.$el.querySelector("textarea");
+     // debugger;
       this.selection.start = bodyTextArea.selectionStart;
       this.selection.end = bodyTextArea.selectionEnd;
 
@@ -232,6 +233,9 @@ export default {
         );
         if (indexOfLineFeed != -1) {
           this.selection.startOfBlock = indexOfLineFeed + 1;
+        } else {
+          //this may be wrong but if it's the first line then I think the block should be the first character
+          this.selection.startOfBlock = 0;
         }
       }
 
@@ -371,6 +375,9 @@ export default {
       return this.wikiVisible ? "fa-eye-slash" : "fa-eye";
     },
     compiledOutput() {
+      if (this.localVal.length == 0) {
+        return "";
+      }
       return DOMPurify.sanitize(marked(this.localVal, { breaks: true }));
     },
     clickBold() {