diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index 167d657d3..7e6c03473 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 		this.savedBrew.text = this.savedBrew.text.normalize();
 		brew.pageCount      = ((brew.renderer=='legacy' ? brew.text.match(/\\page/g) : brew.text.match(/^\\page$/gm)) || []).length + 1;
 		brew.patches        = stringifyPatches(makePatches(this.savedBrew.text, brew.text));
-		brew.hash           = await md5(this.savedBrew.text.normalize());
+		brew.hash           = await md5(this.savedBrew.text);
 		brew.text           = undefined;
 		brew.textBin        = undefined;
 
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index b5c59e7ef..bb0ab5e75 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ const api = {
 		// Initialize brew from request and body, destructure query params, and set the initial value for the after-save method
 		const brewFromClient = api.excludePropsFromUpdate(req.body);
 		const brewFromServer = req.brew;
-		brewFromServer.text  = brewFromServer.text.normalize();
 		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brewFromServer);
-
+		
+		brewFromServer.text  = brewFromServer.text.normalize();
 		brewFromServer.hash  = await md5(brewFromServer.text);
 
 		if((brewFromServer?.version !== brewFromClient?.version) || (brewFromServer?.hash !== brewFromClient?.hash)) {