diff --git a/resources/js/wysiwyg/index.ts b/resources/js/wysiwyg/index.ts
index ffdc7d7e8..7ecf91d23 100644
--- a/resources/js/wysiwyg/index.ts
+++ b/resources/js/wysiwyg/index.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function createPageEditorInstance(container: HTMLElement, htmlContent: st
 
     // @ts-ignore
     window.debugEditorState = () => {
-        console.log(editor.getEditorState().toJSON());
+        return editor.getEditorState().toJSON();
     };
 
     registerCommonNodeMutationListeners(context);
diff --git a/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/LexicalEvents.ts b/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/LexicalEvents.ts
index c70a906a0..26cf25a80 100644
--- a/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/LexicalEvents.ts
+++ b/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/LexicalEvents.ts
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ function onSelectionChange(
               lastNode instanceof ParagraphNode &&
               lastNode.getChildrenSize() === 0
             ) {
+              selection.format = lastNode.getTextFormat();
               selection.style = lastNode.getTextStyle();
             } else {
               selection.format = 0;
diff --git a/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/nodes/LexicalParagraphNode.ts b/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/nodes/LexicalParagraphNode.ts
index f6f57c91c..e8d044b21 100644
--- a/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/nodes/LexicalParagraphNode.ts
+++ b/resources/js/wysiwyg/lexical/core/nodes/LexicalParagraphNode.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type {
   LexicalNode,
   NodeKey,
 } from '../LexicalNode';
-import type {RangeSelection} from 'lexical';
+import {RangeSelection, TEXT_TYPE_TO_FORMAT, TextFormatType} from 'lexical';
 
 import {
   $applyNodeReplacement,
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {CommonBlockNode, copyCommonBlockProperties, SerializedCommonBlockNode} f
 
 export type SerializedParagraphNode = Spread<
   {
+    textFormat: number;
     textStyle: string;
   },
   SerializedCommonBlockNode
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@ export type SerializedParagraphNode = Spread<
 export class ParagraphNode extends CommonBlockNode {
   ['constructor']!: KlassConstructor<typeof ParagraphNode>;
   /** @internal */
+  __textFormat: number;
   __textStyle: string;
 
   constructor(key?: NodeKey) {
     super(key);
+    this.__textFormat = 0;
     this.__textStyle = '';
   }
 
@@ -56,6 +59,22 @@ export class ParagraphNode extends CommonBlockNode {
     return 'paragraph';
   }
 
+  getTextFormat(): number {
+    const self = this.getLatest();
+    return self.__textFormat;
+  }
+
+  setTextFormat(type: number): this {
+    const self = this.getWritable();
+    self.__textFormat = type;
+    return self;
+  }
+
+  hasTextFormat(type: TextFormatType): boolean {
+    const formatFlag = TEXT_TYPE_TO_FORMAT[type];
+    return (this.getTextFormat() & formatFlag) !== 0;
+  }
+
   getTextStyle(): string {
     const self = this.getLatest();
     return self.__textStyle;
@@ -73,6 +92,7 @@ export class ParagraphNode extends CommonBlockNode {
 
   afterCloneFrom(prevNode: this) {
     super.afterCloneFrom(prevNode);
+    this.__textFormat = prevNode.__textFormat;
     this.__textStyle = prevNode.__textStyle;
     copyCommonBlockProperties(prevNode, this);
   }
@@ -125,12 +145,14 @@ export class ParagraphNode extends CommonBlockNode {
   static importJSON(serializedNode: SerializedParagraphNode): ParagraphNode {
     const node = $createParagraphNode();
     deserializeCommonBlockNode(serializedNode, node);
+    node.setTextFormat(serializedNode.textFormat);
     return node;
   }
 
   exportJSON(): SerializedParagraphNode {
     return {
       ...super.exportJSON(),
+      textFormat: this.getTextFormat(),
       textStyle: this.getTextStyle(),
       type: 'paragraph',
       version: 1,
@@ -144,6 +166,7 @@ export class ParagraphNode extends CommonBlockNode {
     restoreSelection: boolean,
   ): ParagraphNode {
     const newElement = $createParagraphNode();
+    newElement.setTextFormat(rangeSelection.format);
     newElement.setTextStyle(rangeSelection.style);
     const direction = this.getDirection();
     newElement.setDirection(direction);
diff --git a/resources/js/wysiwyg/utils/selection.ts b/resources/js/wysiwyg/utils/selection.ts
index 167ab32ad..e4b5bf2dc 100644
--- a/resources/js/wysiwyg/utils/selection.ts
+++ b/resources/js/wysiwyg/utils/selection.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
     $createParagraphNode, $createRangeSelection,
     $getRoot,
     $getSelection, $isBlockElementNode, $isDecoratorNode,
-    $isElementNode,
+    $isElementNode, $isParagraphNode,
     $isTextNode,
     $setSelection,
     BaseSelection, DecoratorNode,
@@ -60,12 +60,19 @@ export function $selectionContainsTextFormat(selection: BaseSelection | null, fo
         return false;
     }
 
-    for (const node of selection.getNodes()) {
+    // Check text nodes
+    const nodes = selection.getNodes();
+    for (const node of nodes) {
         if ($isTextNode(node) && node.hasFormat(format)) {
             return true;
         }
     }
 
+    // If we're in an empty paragraph, check the paragraph format
+    if (nodes.length === 1 && $isParagraphNode(nodes[0]) && nodes[0].hasTextFormat(format)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     return false;
 }