diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/ReadTextActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/ReadTextActivity.kt
index 2abe33fd..bf3977bb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/ReadTextActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/ReadTextActivity.kt
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ class ReadTextActivity : SimpleActivity() {
     private fun checkIntent() {
         read_text_view.setTextColor(config.textColor)
         val uri = intent.data
-        if (uri.scheme == "file") {
-            read_text_view.text = File(uri.path).readText()
+        val text = if (uri.scheme == "file") {
+            File(uri.path).readText()
         } else {
-            read_text_view.text = contentResolver.openInputStream(uri).bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
+            contentResolver.openInputStream(uri).bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
         }
+
+        read_text_view.setText(text)
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_read_text.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_read_text.xml
index a197d992..e04cdf36 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_read_text.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_read_text.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content">
 
-    <com.simplemobiletools.commons.views.MyTextView
+    <com.simplemobiletools.commons.views.MyEditText
         android:id="@+id/read_text_view"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:background="@null"
         android:padding="@dimen/medium_margin"
+        android:textCursorDrawable="@null"
         android:textSize="@dimen/smaller_text_size"/>
 
 </ScrollView>