diff --git a/packages/ui-markdown-editor/src/utilities/toolbarHelpers.js b/packages/ui-markdown-editor/src/utilities/toolbarHelpers.js
index 96e302b9..0f79d19a 100644
--- a/packages/ui-markdown-editor/src/utilities/toolbarHelpers.js
+++ b/packages/ui-markdown-editor/src/utilities/toolbarHelpers.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export const insertHeadingbreak = (editor) => {
   const text = { object: 'text', text: '' };
   const n = { object: "block", type: 'paragraph', children: [text] };
   Transforms.insertNodes(editor, n);
+  Transforms.move(editor, { distance: 1, unit: 'character' })
   return;
 }