diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index 7b26cd5ed..bd23ea70f 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ import {
   isMeasureTextSupported,
   isValidTextContainer,
   measureText,
+  normalizeText,
   wrapText,
 } from "../element/textElement";
 import {
@@ -3412,7 +3413,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     const lines = isPlainPaste ? [text] : text.split("\n");
     const textElements = lines.reduce(
       (acc: ExcalidrawTextElement[], line, idx) => {
-        const originalText = line.trim();
+        const originalText = normalizeText(line).trim();
         if (originalText.length) {
           const topLayerFrame = this.getTopLayerFrameAtSceneCoords({
             x,
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
index f8397fb73..5093a2624 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
@@ -357,7 +357,16 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
     };
 
     editable.oninput = () => {
-      onChange(normalizeText(editable.value));
+      const normalized = normalizeText(editable.value);
+      if (editable.value !== normalized) {
+        const selectionStart = editable.selectionStart;
+        editable.value = normalized;
+        // put the cursor at some position close to where it was before
+        // normalization (otherwise it'll end up at the end of the text)
+        editable.selectionStart = selectionStart;
+        editable.selectionEnd = selectionStart;
+      }
+      onChange(editable.value);
     };
   }