diff --git a/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/Message.svelte b/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/Message.svelte
index 43c6f75338..4b6c8e4714 100644
--- a/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/Message.svelte
+++ b/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/Message.svelte
@@ -621,7 +621,11 @@
 {#snippet messageContent()}
 	{#if msg.sent}
 		{#each content.split('\n') as line, i (i)}
-			<div class="text-md">{line}</div>
+			{#if line}
+				<div class="text-md">{line}</div>
+			{:else}
+				<br />
+			{/if}
 		{/each}
 		{@render explain()}
 	{:else}
diff --git a/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/PlaintextEditor.svelte b/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/PlaintextEditor.svelte
index e785e87dd2..b8b78328fc 100644
--- a/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/PlaintextEditor.svelte
+++ b/ui/user/src/lib/components/messages/PlaintextEditor.svelte
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 		return new Plugin({
 			appendTransaction(transactions, oldState, newState) {
 				if (transactions.some((tr) => tr.docChanged)) {
-					_value = value = newState.doc.textBetween(1, newState.doc.content.size - 1, '\n');
+					_value = value = newState.doc.textBetween(1, newState.doc.content.size - 1, '\n\n');
 				}
 
 				return null;