diff --git a/static/js/ace2_inner.js b/static/js/ace2_inner.js
index e28b11e4..977c5cdf 100644
--- a/static/js/ace2_inner.js
+++ b/static/js/ace2_inner.js
@@ -3145,11 +3145,12 @@ function OUTER(gscope)
         // Such a div is what IE 6 creates naturally when you make a blank line
         // in a document of divs.  However, when copy-and-pasted the div will
         // contain a space, so we note its emptiness with a property.
-        lineElem.innerHTML = "";
+        lineElem.innerHTML = " "; // Frist we set a value that isnt blank
         // a primitive-valued property survives copy-and-paste
         setAssoc(lineElem, "shouldBeEmpty", true);
         // an object property doesn't
         setAssoc(lineElem, "unpasted", {});
+        lineElem.innerHTML = ""; // Then we make it blank..  New line and no space = Awesome :)
       };
       var lineClass = 'ace-line';
       result.appendSpan = function(txt, cls)