diff --git a/apimail/static/apimail/assets/vue/components/MessageComposer.vue b/apimail/static/apimail/assets/vue/components/MessageComposer.vue
index 8eebd92113d10d2a85c4ec7349edc5e3a911336b..36c9152ef1ef4812e53c2fcdc7c23c0b934d3f8e 100644
--- a/apimail/static/apimail/assets/vue/components/MessageComposer.vue
+++ b/apimail/static/apimail/assets/vue/components/MessageComposer.vue
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ export default {
 	    }
 	    this.form.body_html += '</blockquote>'
       	}
+	else {
+	    // Fill with a couple of blank lines to debug prosemirror
+	    this.form.body_html = '<br><br>'
+	}
 	this.editor.setContent(this.form.body_html)
     },
     beforeDestroy() {