diff --git a/code/client/src/App.tsx b/code/client/src/App.tsx
index 6c8a2f1b..6dd9c501 100644
--- a/code/client/src/App.tsx
+++ b/code/client/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
 import SlateEditor from '@editor/slate/SlateEditor';
+import Header from '@src/components/header/Header';
 import './App.scss';
 
 function App() {
   return (
     <div className="app">
+      <Header />
       <Router>
         <Routes>
           <Route path={'/'} element={<SlateEditor />} />
diff --git a/code/client/src/editor/slate/SlateEditor.tsx b/code/client/src/editor/slate/SlateEditor.tsx
index d34e3366..a8051f8b 100644
--- a/code/client/src/editor/slate/SlateEditor.tsx
+++ b/code/client/src/editor/slate/SlateEditor.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import useCommunication from '@editor/hooks/useCommunication';
 import { withMarkdown } from '@editor/slate/plugins/markdown/withMarkdown';
 import markdownHandlers from '@editor/domain/markdown/handlers';
 import './SlateEditor.scss';
-import Header from '@src/components/header/Header';
 
 // for testing purposes, we need to be able to pass in an editor
 type SlateEditorProps = {
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ function SlateEditor({ editor: _editor }: SlateEditorProps) {
 
   return (
     <div className="editor">
-      <Header />
       <div className="container">
         <Slate editor={editor} initialValue={initialValue}>
           {/*<Cursors />*/}
diff --git a/code/client/src/editor/slate/events/inputEvents.ts b/code/client/src/editor/slate/events/inputEvents.ts
index 70afce6a..e35c78b2 100644
--- a/code/client/src/editor/slate/events/inputEvents.ts
+++ b/code/client/src/editor/slate/events/inputEvents.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default (editor: Editor, fugue: Fugue, communication: Communication) => {
         onEnter(cursor);
         break;
       case 'Backspace':
+        if (isSelected(editor)) break;
         onBackspace(cursor);
         break;
       case 'Delete':
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export default (editor: Editor, fugue: Fugue, communication: Communication) => {
   function onEnter(cursor: Cursor) {
     const operations = fugue.insertLocal(cursor, '\n');
     const styleOperation = fugue.updateBlockStyleLocal('paragraph', cursor.line, true);
-    communication.emitChunked('operation', [...operations, styleOperation]);
+    communication.emitChunked('operation', [styleOperation, ...operations]);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/code/client/src/editor/slate/utils/selection.ts b/code/client/src/editor/slate/utils/selection.ts
index 356fab43..66dcb257 100644
--- a/code/client/src/editor/slate/utils/selection.ts
+++ b/code/client/src/editor/slate/utils/selection.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ function pointToCursor(editor: Editor, point: Point): Cursor {
   const line = point.path[0];
   const children = Node.children(editor, [line]);
   const cursor: Cursor = { line, column: point.offset };
-
   for (const entry of children) {
     if (Path.equals(entry[1], point.path)) break;
     cursor.column += first(entry).text.length;
diff --git a/code/client/tests/editor/slate/SlateEditor.test.tsx b/code/client/tests/editor/slate/SlateEditor.test.tsx
index ca98f705..65bbddcb 100644
--- a/code/client/tests/editor/slate/SlateEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/code/client/tests/editor/slate/SlateEditor.test.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ describe('SlateEditor', () => {
   });
 
   it('should render the editor', async () => {
-    const h1Title = screen.getByText('NoteSpace');
     const documentTitle = screen.getByPlaceholderText('Untitled');
-
-    expect(h1Title).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(documentTitle).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(editor).toHaveTextContent(EDITOR_PLACEHOLDER);
   });