diff --git a/view/en/jot-header.tpl b/view/en/jot-header.tpl
index b687f65a69..93eb440a4e 100644
--- a/view/en/jot-header.tpl
+++ b/view/en/jot-header.tpl
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="$baseurl/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js"></script>
 <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
 
+var editor;
+
 tinyMCE.init({
 	theme : "advanced",
 	mode : "specific_textareas",
 	editor_selector: /(profile-jot-text|prvmail-text)/,
-	plugins : "bbcode",
+	plugins : "bbcode,paste",
 	theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,underline,undo,redo,link,unlink,image,forecolor,formatselect",
 	theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
 	theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
 	theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
 	theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "center",
 	theme_advanced_blockformats : "blockquote,code",
+	paste_text_sticky : true,
 	entity_encoding : "raw",
 	add_unload_trigger : false,
 	remove_linebreaks : false,
@@ -43,8 +46,13 @@ tinyMCE.init({
 				$('#character-counter').addClass('red');
 			}
 			$('#character-counter').text(text);
-    		});
-     	}
+    	});
+
+		ed.onInit.add(function(ed) {
+			ed.pasteAsPlainText = true;
+		});
+
+	}
 });
 
 </script>