diff --git a/static/koboldai.js b/static/koboldai.js
index 4e075d7c..d0f2a34e 100644
--- a/static/koboldai.js
+++ b/static/koboldai.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ function reset_story() {
 	dummy_span = document.createElement("div");
 	dummy_span.id = "Delete Me";
 	dummy_span.classList.add("noselect");
+	document.getElementById("Selected Text").setAttribute("contenteditable", "false");
 	text = "";
 	for (i=0;i<154;i++) {
 		text += "\xa0 ";
@@ -313,6 +314,8 @@ function do_prompt(data) {
 		if (document.getElementById("Delete Me")) {
 			document.getElementById("Delete Me").remove();
 		}
+		//enable editing
+		document.getElementById("Selected Text").setAttribute("contenteditable", "true");
 	} else {
 		document.getElementById('input_text').placeholder = "Enter Prompt Here (shift+enter for new line)";
 		document.getElementById('input_text').disabled = false;
diff --git a/templates/index_new.html b/templates/index_new.html
index 4509f069..82171801 100644
--- a/templates/index_new.html
+++ b/templates/index_new.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 		<!------------ Game Text Screen--------------------->
 		<div class="gamescreen" id="gamescreen">
 			<div id="disconnect_message"><center><h1>Disconnected</h1></center></div>
-			<div class="gametext" id="Selected Text" contenteditable=true onblur="select_game_text(null);" onclick="select_game_text(null);" onkeyup="select_game_text(event);">
+			<div class="gametext" id="Selected Text" contenteditable=false onblur="select_game_text(null);" onclick="select_game_text(null);" onkeyup="select_game_text(event);">
 				<span id="story_prompt" class="var_sync_story_prompt var_sync_alt_story_prompt_length var_sync_alt_story_prompt_in_ai rawtext"></span>
 				<div id="Delete Me" class="noselect" contenteditable=false>
 					<span>