diff --git a/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js b/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js
index 33fd91c65..d71e27201 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/ImportHtml.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function setPadHTML(pad, html, callback)
   // the changeset is ready!
   var theChangeset = builder.toString();
   apiLogger.debug('The changeset: ' + theChangeset);
-  pad.setText("");
+  pad.setText("\n");
   pad.appendRevision(theChangeset);
   callback(null);
 }
diff --git a/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js b/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
index 75e779714..a2e8cdb3c 100644
--- a/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
+++ b/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ describe('getText', function(){
   it('gets the Pad text', function(done) {
     api.get(endPoint('getText')+"&padID="+testPadId)
     .expect(function(res){
-      if(res.body.data.text !== "testTextTwo\n") throw new Error("Setting Text")
+      if(res.body.data.text !== "testTextTwo") throw new Error("Setting Text")
     })
     .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
     .expect(200, done)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ describe('getText', function(){
     api.get(endPoint('getText')+"&padID="+testPadId)
     .expect(function(res){
       if(res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error("Pad Get Text failed")
-      if(res.body.data.text !== text+"\n") throw new Error("Pad Text not set properly");
+      if(res.body.data.text !== text) throw new Error("Pad Text not set properly");
     })
     .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
     .expect(200, done)
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ describe('getText', function(){
   it('Gets text on a pad Id', function(done) {
     api.get(endPoint('getText')+"&padID="+newPadId)
     .expect(function(res){
-      if(res.body.data.text !== text+"\n") throw new Error("Pad Get Text failed")
+      if(res.body.data.text !== text) throw new Error("Pad Get Text failed")
     })
     .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
     .expect(200, done)
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ describe('getText', function(){
   it('Gets text on a pad Id', function(done) {
     api.get(endPoint('getText')+"&padID="+testPadId)
     .expect(function(res){
-      if(res.body.data.text !== text+"\n") throw new Error("Pad Get Text failed")
+      if(res.body.data.text !== text) throw new Error("Pad Get Text failed")
     })
     .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
     .expect(200, done)