diff --git a/packages/blocks-editor/src/Editor/BlocksEditorComposer.tsx b/packages/blocks-editor/src/Editor/BlocksEditorComposer.tsx
index 5d334c9bc..764c108c9 100644
--- a/packages/blocks-editor/src/Editor/BlocksEditorComposer.tsx
+++ b/packages/blocks-editor/src/Editor/BlocksEditorComposer.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {BlockEditorNodes} from '../Lexical/Nodes/AllNodes';
 import {Klass, LexicalNode} from 'lexical';
 
 type BlocksEditorComposerProps = {
-  initialValue: string;
+  initialValue: string | undefined;
   children: React.ReactNode;
   nodes?: Array<Klass<LexicalNode>>;
   readonly?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/Plugins/ImportPlugin/ImportPlugin.tsx b/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/Plugins/ImportPlugin/ImportPlugin.tsx
index 87f4512ab..f91b0b093 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/Plugins/ImportPlugin/ImportPlugin.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/Plugins/ImportPlugin/ImportPlugin.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ export default function ImportPlugin({ text, format }: { text: string; format: '
   const [editor] = useLexicalComposerContext()
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    const dontAllowConversionOfEmptyStringWhichWouldResultInError = text.length === 0
+    if (dontAllowConversionOfEmptyStringWhichWouldResultInError) {
+      return
+    }
+
     editor.update(() => {
       if (format === 'md') {
         $convertFromMarkdownString(text, [...TRANSFORMERS])
diff --git a/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/SuperNoteImporter.tsx b/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/SuperNoteImporter.tsx
index d207542a7..14f212790 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/SuperNoteImporter.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/javascripts/Components/NoteView/SuperEditor/SuperNoteImporter.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Props = {
 }
 
 export const SuperNoteImporter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ note, application, closeDialog, onConvertComplete }) => {
+  const isSeamlessConvert = note.text.length === 0
   const [lastValue, setLastValue] = useState({ text: '', previewPlain: '' })
 
   const format =
@@ -51,16 +52,18 @@ export const SuperNoteImporter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ note, application,
   )
 
   const confirmConvert = useCallback(async () => {
-    await performConvert(lastValue.text, lastValue.previewPlain)
     closeDialog()
+
+    await performConvert(lastValue.text, lastValue.previewPlain)
+
     onConvertComplete()
   }, [closeDialog, performConvert, onConvertComplete, lastValue])
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (note.text.length === 0) {
+    if (isSeamlessConvert) {
       void confirmConvert()
     }
-  }, [note, confirmConvert])
+  }, [isSeamlessConvert, confirmConvert])
 
   const convertAsIs = useCallback(async () => {
     const confirmed = await application.alertService.confirm(
@@ -75,12 +78,17 @@ export const SuperNoteImporter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ note, application,
       return
     }
 
+    closeDialog()
+
     await performConvert(note.text, note.preview_plain)
 
-    closeDialog()
     onConvertComplete()
   }, [closeDialog, application, note, onConvertComplete, performConvert])
 
+  if (isSeamlessConvert) {
+    return null
+  }
+
   return (
     <ModalDialog>
       <ModalDialogLabel closeDialog={closeDialog}>
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ export const SuperNoteImporter: FunctionComponent<Props> = ({ note, application,
       <ModalDialogDescription>
         <div className="relative w-full">
           <ErrorBoundary>
-            <BlocksEditorComposer readonly initialValue={''}>
+            <BlocksEditorComposer readonly initialValue={undefined}>
               <BlocksEditor
                 onChange={handleChange}
                 ignoreFirstChange={false}