diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js b/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js
index 9f5265cfd3..0830708701 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/MessageEditor.js
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export default class MessageEditor extends React.Component {
         this.model.update(text, event.inputType, caret);
     }
 
+    _insertText(textToInsert, inputType = "insertText") {
+        const sel = document.getSelection();
+        const {caret, text} = getCaretOffsetAndText(this._editorRef, sel);
+        const newText = text.substr(0, caret.offset) + textToInsert + text.substr(caret.offset);
+        caret.offset += textToInsert.length;
+        this.model.update(newText, inputType, caret);
+    }
+
     _isCaretAtStart() {
         const {caret} = getCaretOffsetAndText(this._editorRef, document.getSelection());
         return caret.offset === 0;
@@ -92,7 +100,7 @@ export default class MessageEditor extends React.Component {
         // insert newline on Shift+Enter
         if (event.shiftKey && event.key === "Enter") {
             event.preventDefault(); // just in case the browser does support this
-            document.execCommand("insertHTML", undefined, "\n");
+            this._insertText("\n");
             return;
         }
         // autocomplete or enter to send below shouldn't have any modifier keys pressed.