diff --git a/lib/note_services/edit_ui.dart b/lib/note_services/edit_ui.dart
index 76982c6..ac6e2c8 100644
--- a/lib/note_services/edit_ui.dart
+++ b/lib/note_services/edit_ui.dart
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class EditorPageState extends State<EditorPage> {
       final contents = await file.readAsString();
       return NotusDocument.fromJson(jsonDecode(contents));
     }
-    final Delta delta = Delta()..insert("");
+    final Delta delta = Delta()..insert("\n");
     return NotusDocument.fromDelta(delta);
   }