diff --git a/web/components/contract/contract-description.tsx b/web/components/contract/contract-description.tsx
index 4c9b77a2..1b2a831d 100644
--- a/web/components/contract/contract-description.tsx
+++ b/web/components/contract/contract-description.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { TextEditor, useTextEditor } from 'web/components/editor'
 import { Button } from '../button'
 import { Spacer } from '../layout/spacer'
 import { Editor, Content as ContentType } from '@tiptap/react'
-import { appendToEditor } from '../editor/utils'
+import { insertContent } from '../editor/utils'
 
 export function ContractDescription(props: {
   contract: Contract
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function RichEditContract(props: { contract: Contract; isAdmin?: boolean }) {
           size="xs"
           onClick={() => {
             setEditing(true)
-            appendToEditor(editor, `<p>${editTimestamp()}</p>`)
+            insertContent(editor, `<p>${editTimestamp()}</p>`)
           }}
         >
           Edit description
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function EditQuestion(props: {
 
   function joinContent(oldContent: ContentType, newContent: string) {
     const editor = new Editor({ content: oldContent, extensions: exhibitExts })
-    appendToEditor(editor, newContent)
+    insertContent(editor, newContent)
     return editor.getJSON()
   }
 
diff --git a/web/components/contract/contract-details.tsx b/web/components/contract/contract-details.tsx
index 90b5f3d1..51b6539c 100644
--- a/web/components/contract/contract-details.tsx
+++ b/web/components/contract/contract-details.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { Col } from 'web/components/layout/col'
 import { ContractGroupsList } from 'web/components/groups/contract-groups-list'
 import { SiteLink } from 'web/components/site-link'
 import { groupPath } from 'web/lib/firebase/groups'
-import { appendToEditor } from '../editor/utils'
+import { insertContent } from '../editor/utils'
 
 export type ShowTime = 'resolve-date' | 'close-date'
 
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ function EditableCloseDate(props: {
       const formattedCloseDate = dayjs(newCloseTime).format('YYYY-MM-DD h:mm a')
 
       const editor = new Editor({ content, extensions: exhibitExts })
-      appendToEditor(
+      editor.commands.focus('end')
+      insertContent(
         editor,
         `<br><p>Close date updated to ${formattedCloseDate}</p>`
       )
diff --git a/web/components/editor.tsx b/web/components/editor.tsx
index 44dd92ad..9732ecbe 100644
--- a/web/components/editor.tsx
+++ b/web/components/editor.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { Button } from './button'
 import { Row } from './layout/row'
 import { Spacer } from './layout/spacer'
 import { MarketModal } from './editor/market-modal'
+import { insertContent } from './editor/utils'
 
 const proseClass = clsx(
   'prose prose-p:my-0 prose-li:my-0 prose-blockquote:not-italic max-w-none prose-quoteless leading-relaxed',
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export function useTextEditor(props: {
         // If the pasted content is iframe code, directly inject it
         const text = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain').trim() ?? ''
         if (isValidIframe(text)) {
-          editor.chain().insertContent(text).run()
+          insertContent(editor, text)
           return true // Prevent the code from getting pasted as text
         }
 
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ function IframeModal(props: {
             disabled={!valid}
             onClick={() => {
               if (editor && valid) {
-                editor.chain().insertContent(embedCode).run()
+                insertContent(editor, embedCode)
                 setEmbedCode('')
                 setOpen(false)
               }
diff --git a/web/components/editor/market-modal.tsx b/web/components/editor/market-modal.tsx
index 6ea9ee6f..1c88afbc 100644
--- a/web/components/editor/market-modal.tsx
+++ b/web/components/editor/market-modal.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Modal } from '../layout/modal'
 import { Row } from '../layout/row'
 import { LoadingIndicator } from '../loading-indicator'
 import { embedCode } from '../share-embed-button'
+import { insertContent } from './utils'
 
 export function MarketModal(props: {
   editor: Editor | null
@@ -27,14 +28,7 @@ export function MarketModal(props: {
 
   async function doneAddingContracts() {
     setLoading(true)
-    if (editor) {
-      const e = editor.chain()
-      for (const contract of contracts) {
-        console.log('embedding', embedCode(contract))
-        e.insertContent(embedCode(contract))
-      }
-      e.run()
-    }
+    insertContent(editor, ...contracts.map(embedCode))
     setLoading(false)
     setOpen(false)
     setContracts([])
diff --git a/web/components/editor/utils.ts b/web/components/editor/utils.ts
index 74af38c5..50b94ce2 100644
--- a/web/components/editor/utils.ts
+++ b/web/components/editor/utils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { Editor, Content } from '@tiptap/react'
 
-export function appendToEditor(editor: Editor | null, content: Content) {
-  editor
-    ?.chain()
-    .focus('end')
-    .createParagraphNear()
-    .insertContent(content)
-    .run()
+export function insertContent(editor: Editor | null, ...contents: Content[]) {
+  if (!editor) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  let e = editor.chain()
+  for (const content of contents) {
+    e = e.createParagraphNear().insertContent(content)
+  }
+  e.run()
 }