diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbfac6983..32555ddbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
     "express": "^4.11.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "content-kit-utils": "0.1.0",
-    "content-kit-compiler": "0.1.1",
+    "content-kit-utils": "0.1.1",
+    "content-kit-compiler": "0.1.2",
     "del": "^1.1.1",
     "gulp": "^3.8.10",
     "gulp-concat": "~2.1.7",
diff --git a/src/js/editor/editor.js b/src/js/editor/editor.js
index 07ba63751..a1c26d5eb 100644
--- a/src/js/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/js/editor/editor.js
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import OrderedListCommand from '../commands/ordered-list';
 import ImageCommand from '../commands/image';
 import OEmbedCommand from '../commands/oembed';
 import Keycodes from '../utils/keycodes';
-import { getSelectionBlockElement, getSelectionBlockTagName, getCursorOffsetInElement } from '../utils/selection-utils';
+import { getSelectionBlockElement, getCursorOffsetInElement } from '../utils/selection-utils';
 import EventEmitter from '../utils/event-emitter';
-import { cleanPastedContent } from '../utils/paste-utils';
 import Compiler from 'node_modules/content-kit-compiler/src/compiler';
 import Type from 'node_modules/content-kit-compiler/src/types/type';
 import { toArray } from 'node_modules/content-kit-utils/src/array-utils';
@@ -53,28 +52,32 @@ var defaults = {
 function bindContentEditableTypingListeners(editor) {
   // Correct some contentEditable woes before reparsing
   editor.element.addEventListener('keyup', function(e) {
-    if((!e.shiftKey && e.which === Keycodes.ENTER) || (e.ctrlKey && e.which === Keycodes.M)) {
-      // On a carrage return, make sure it always generates a 'p' tag
-      var selectionTag = getSelectionBlockTagName();
-      if (!selectionTag || selectionTag === Type.QUOTE.tag) {
-        document.execCommand('formatBlock', false, Type.PARAGRAPH.tag);
-      }
-    }// else if (e.which === Keycodes.BKSP) {
-      // TODO: need to rerender when backspacing 2 blocks together
-    //}
-
     // Assure there is always a supported block tag, and not empty text nodes or divs.
-    if (!getSelectionBlockElement()) {
+    // On a carrage return, make sure to always generate a 'p' tag
+    if (!getSelectionBlockElement() ||
+        !editor.element.textContent ||
+       (!e.shiftKey && e.which === Keycodes.ENTER) || (e.ctrlKey && e.which === Keycodes.M)) {
       document.execCommand('formatBlock', false, Type.PARAGRAPH.tag);
-    }
+    } //else if (e.which === Keycodes.BKSP) {
+      // TODO: Need to rerender when backspacing 2 blocks together
+      //var cursorIndex = editor.getCursorIndexInCurrentBlock();
+      //var currentBlockElement = getSelectionBlockElement();
+      //editor.renderBlockAt(editor.getCurrentBlockIndex(), true);
+      //setCursorIndexInElement(currentBlockElement, cursorIndex);
+    //}
   });
 
-  // On 'PASTE' convert content to blocks and insert
+  // On 'PASTE' sanitize and insert
   editor.element.addEventListener('paste', function(e) {
-    var cleanedContent = cleanPastedContent(e, Type.PARAGRAPH.tag);
-    if (cleanedContent) {
-      document.execCommand('insertHTML', false, cleanedContent);
+    var data = e.clipboardData;
+    var pastedHTML = data && data.getData && data.getData('text/html');
+    var sanitizedHTML = pastedHTML && editor.compiler.rerender(pastedHTML);
+    if (sanitizedHTML) {
+      document.execCommand('insertHTML', false, sanitizedHTML);
+      editor.syncVisual();
     }
+    e.preventDefault();
+    return false;
   });
 }
 
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ Editor.prototype.getCurrentBlockIndex = function(element) {
   return blockElements.indexOf(selectionEl);
 };
 
-Editor.prototype.getCurrentCursorIndex = function() {
+Editor.prototype.getCursorIndexInCurrentBlock = function() {
   var currentBlock = getSelectionBlockElement();
   if (currentBlock) {
     return getCursorOffsetInElement(currentBlock);
diff --git a/src/js/utils/paste-utils.js b/src/js/utils/paste-utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b66e8daed..000000000
--- a/src/js/utils/paste-utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-
-var RegExpNewLine = /[\r\n]/g;
-
-function plainTextToBlocks(plainText, tag) {
-  var blocks = plainText.split(RegExpNewLine);
-  var len = blocks.length;
-  var block, openTag, closeTag, content, i;
-  
-  if(len < 2) {
-    return plainText;
-  } else {
-    content = '';
-    openTag = '<' + tag + '>';
-    closeTag = '</' + tag + '>';
-    for(i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-      block = blocks[i];
-      if(block !== '') {
-        content += openTag + block + closeTag;
-      }
-    }
-    return content;
-  }
-}
-
-function cleanPastedContent(event, defaultBlockTag) {
-  event.preventDefault();
-  var data = event.clipboardData, plainText;
-  if(data && data.getData) {
-    plainText = data.getData('text/plain');
-    return plainTextToBlocks(plainText, defaultBlockTag);
-  }
-}
-
-export { cleanPastedContent };