diff --git a/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/SuperEditor/Lexical/Utils/MarkdownImport.ts b/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/SuperEditor/Lexical/Utils/MarkdownImport.ts
index dcc3f8b86..af3a9dfec 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/SuperEditor/Lexical/Utils/MarkdownImport.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/SuperEditor/Lexical/Utils/MarkdownImport.ts
@@ -257,18 +257,15 @@ function importTextMatchTransformers(textNode_: TextNode, textMatchTransformers:
 
       const startIndex = match.index || 0
       const endIndex = startIndex + match[0].length
-      let replaceNode, leftTextNode, rightTextNode
+      let replaceNode, newTextNode
 
       if (startIndex === 0) {
         ;[replaceNode, textNode] = textNode.splitText(endIndex)
       } else {
-        ;[leftTextNode, replaceNode, rightTextNode] = textNode.splitText(startIndex, endIndex)
+        ;[, replaceNode, newTextNode] = textNode.splitText(startIndex, endIndex)
       }
-      if (leftTextNode) {
-        importTextMatchTransformers(leftTextNode, textMatchTransformers)
-      }
-      if (rightTextNode) {
-        textNode = rightTextNode
+      if (newTextNode) {
+        importTextMatchTransformers(newTextNode, textMatchTransformers)
       }
       transformer.replace(replaceNode, match)
       continue mainLoop