diff --git a/static/koboldai.js b/static/koboldai.js
index 77fe20c9..f70b5d89 100644
--- a/static/koboldai.js
+++ b/static/koboldai.js
@@ -2108,16 +2108,24 @@ function select_game_text(event) {
 			selected_game_chunk = new_selected_game_chunk
 		}
 		
+		//since we have that delete me span for initial spacing, we don't want that to be editable, so let's fix that here
+		if (selected_game_chunk == document.getElementById("Delete Me")) {
+			selected_game_chunk = null;
+		}
+		
 		//set editting class
 		for (item of document.getElementsByClassName("editing")) {
 			item.classList.remove("editing");
 		}
-		selected_game_chunk.classList.add("editing");
+		if (selected_game_chunk != null) {
+			selected_game_chunk.classList.add("editing");
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 function edit_game_text() {
-	if ((selected_game_chunk != null) && (selected_game_chunk.textContent != selected_game_chunk.original_text)) {
+	if ((selected_game_chunk != null) && (selected_game_chunk.textContent != selected_game_chunk.original_text) && (selected_game_chunk != document.getElementById("Delete Me"))) {
+		console.log(selected_game_chunk);
 		if (selected_game_chunk.id == "story_prompt") {
 			sync_to_server(selected_game_chunk);
 		} else {
diff --git a/templates/index_new.html b/templates/index_new.html
index c4fbd8c4..9894433f 100644
--- a/templates/index_new.html
+++ b/templates/index_new.html
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@
 			<div id="disconnect_message"><center><h1>Disconnected</h1></center></div>
 			<div class="gametext" id="Selected Text" contenteditable=true onblur="edit_game_text();selected_game_chunk = null;clear_edit_game_text_tag();" 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>
+				<span id="Delete Me">
+					<span>
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+					</span>
+				</span>
 			</div>
 		</div>