diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 55d0e4364..2306de711 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ class EditorWebView(AnkiWebView):
         for fn in types:
             html = fn(mime)
             if html:
-                return html, False
+                return html, True
         return "", False
 
     def _processUrls(self, mime):
diff --git a/qt/ts/src/editor.ts b/qt/ts/src/editor.ts
index 3336eef8e..7486fccc5 100644
--- a/qt/ts/src/editor.ts
+++ b/qt/ts/src/editor.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ let filterHTML = function(html, internal, extendedMode) {
         filterNode(top, extendedMode);
     }
     let outHtml = top.innerHTML;
-    if (!extendedMode) {
+    if (!extendedMode && !internal) {
         // collapse whitespace
         outHtml = outHtml.replace(/[\n\t ]+/g, " ");
     }