diff --git a/web/editor.js b/web/editor.js
index d75ffe235..30732088d 100644
--- a/web/editor.js
+++ b/web/editor.js
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ allowedTagsExtended["FONT"] = {"attrs": ["COLOR"]};
 const allowedStyling = {
     'color': true,
     'background-color': true,
+    'font-weight': true,
+    'font-style': true,
+    'text-decoration-line': true,
 };
 
 var filterExternalSpan = function(node) {
@@ -418,6 +421,10 @@ var filterExternalSpan = function(node) {
         if (!allowedStyling.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
             toRemove.push(name);
         }
+        if (name === 'background-color' && node.style[name] === "transparent") {
+            // google docs adds this unnecessarily
+            toRemove.push(name);
+        }
     }
     for (let name of toRemove) {
         node.style.removeProperty(name);