diff --git a/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx b/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
index 676908882..6ef411898 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
+++ b/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
@@ -307,11 +307,12 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
       const currentSelection = CursorUtils.getCurrentCursorPosition(divRef.current);
 
       if (contentSelection.current.start !== currentSelection.start || contentSelection.current.end !== currentSelection.end) {
-        const markdownHTMLInput = divRef.current as HTMLInputElement;
-        markdownHTMLInput.selectionStart = currentSelection.start;
-        markdownHTMLInput.selectionEnd = currentSelection.end;
-        contentSelection.current = currentSelection;
-
+        if (contentSelection.current.start >= 0 && contentSelection.current.end >= 0) {
+          const markdownHTMLInput = divRef.current as HTMLInputElement;
+          markdownHTMLInput.selectionStart = currentSelection.start;
+          markdownHTMLInput.selectionEnd = currentSelection.end;
+          contentSelection.current = currentSelection;
+        }
         if (e) {
           handleSelectionChange(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/web/cursorUtils.ts b/src/web/cursorUtils.ts
index 0c6e0babe..1d6224131 100644
--- a/src/web/cursorUtils.ts
+++ b/src/web/cursorUtils.ts
@@ -62,31 +62,22 @@ function moveCursorToEnd(target: HTMLElement) {
   }
 }
 
-function getIndexedPosition(target: HTMLElement, range: Range, isStart: boolean) {
-  const marker = document.createTextNode('\0');
-  const rangeClone = range.cloneRange();
-
-  rangeClone.collapse(isStart);
-
-  rangeClone.insertNode(marker);
-  const position = target.innerText.indexOf('\0');
-  if (marker.parentNode) {
-    marker.parentNode.removeChild(marker);
-  }
+function getCurrentCursorPosition(target: HTMLElement) {
+  const sel = window.getSelection();
 
-  return position;
-}
+  if (sel && sel.rangeCount > 0) {
+    const range = sel.getRangeAt(0);
+    const preSelectionRange = range.cloneRange();
+    preSelectionRange.selectNodeContents(target);
+    preSelectionRange.setEnd(range.startContainer, range.startOffset);
+    const start = preSelectionRange.toString().length;
 
-function getCurrentCursorPosition(target: HTMLElement) {
-  const selection = document.getSelection();
-  if (!selection || selection.rangeCount === 0) {
-    return {start: target.innerText.length, end: target.innerText.length};
+    return {
+      start,
+      end: start + range.toString().length,
+    };
   }
-
-  const range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
-  const start = getIndexedPosition(target, range, true);
-  const end = getIndexedPosition(target, range, false);
-  return {start, end};
+  return {start: -1, end: -1};
 }
 
 export {getCurrentCursorPosition, moveCursorToEnd, setCursorPosition};