diff --git a/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx b/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
index de3a53a36..07946c132 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/editor/editor.jsx
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ const DEFAULT_STYLE_TEXT = dedent`
 					color: black;
 				}`;
 
-const splice = function(str, index, inject){
-	return str.slice(0, index) + inject + str.slice(index);
-};
-
-
 
 const Editor = createClass({
 	displayName     : 'Editor',
@@ -80,19 +75,7 @@ const Editor = createClass({
 	},
 
 	handleInject : function(injectText){
-		let text;
-		if(this.isText())  text = this.props.brew.text;
-		if(this.isStyle()) text = this.props.brew.style ?? DEFAULT_STYLE_TEXT;
-
-		const lines = text.split('\n');
-		const cursorPos = this.refs.codeEditor.getCursorPosition();
-		lines[cursorPos.line] = splice(lines[cursorPos.line], cursorPos.ch, injectText);
-
-		const injectLines = injectText.split('\n');
-		this.refs.codeEditor.setCursorPosition(cursorPos.line + injectLines.length, cursorPos.ch  + injectLines[injectLines.length - 1].length);
-
-		if(this.isText())  this.props.onTextChange(lines.join('\n'));
-		if(this.isStyle()) this.props.onStyleChange(lines.join('\n'));
+		this.refs.codeEditor?.injectText(injectText, false);
 	},
 
 	handleViewChange : function(newView){
diff --git a/shared/naturalcrit/codeEditor/codeEditor.jsx b/shared/naturalcrit/codeEditor/codeEditor.jsx
index da1390511..245317910 100644
--- a/shared/naturalcrit/codeEditor/codeEditor.jsx
+++ b/shared/naturalcrit/codeEditor/codeEditor.jsx
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ const CodeEditor = createClass({
 		this.codeMirror.replaceSelection('\n\\page\n\n', 'end');
 	},
 
+	injectText : function(injectText, overwrite=true) {
+		const cm = this.codeMirror;
+		if(!overwrite) {
+			cm.setCursor(cm.getCursor('from'));
+		}
+		cm.replaceSelection(injectText, 'end');
+		cm.focus();
+	},
+
 	makeUnderline : function() {
 		const selection = this.codeMirror.getSelection(), t = selection.slice(0, 3) === '<u>' && selection.slice(-4) === '</u>';
 		this.codeMirror.replaceSelection(t ? selection.slice(3, -4) : `<u>${selection}</u>`, 'around');