diff --git a/files/assets/js/submit.js b/files/assets/js/submit.js
index 63982e9ba..278822d6e 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/submit.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/submit.js
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-document.getElementById('post-title').value = localStorage.getItem("post_title")
-document.getElementById('post-text').value = localStorage.getItem("post_text")
-document.getElementById('post-url').value = localStorage.getItem("post_url")
+const title = document.getElementById("post-title");
+const text = document.getElementById("post-text");
+const url = document.getElementById("post-url");
+const button = document.getElementById("create_button");
+const image = document.getElementById("file-upload");
+const image2 = document.getElementById("file-upload-submit");
 
-markdown('post-text','preview');
+title.value = localStorage.getItem("post_title")
+text.value = localStorage.getItem("post_text")
+url.value = localStorage.getItem("post_url")
+
+markdown(text);
 
 function checkForRequired() {
-	const title = document.getElementById("post-title");
-	const url = document.getElementById("post-url");
-	const text = document.getElementById("post-text");
-	const button = document.getElementById("create_button");
-	const image = document.getElementById("file-upload");
-	const image2 = document.getElementById("file-upload-submit");
-
 	if (url.value.length > 0 || image.files.length > 0 || image2.files.length > 0) {
 		text.required = false;
 		url.required=false;
diff --git a/files/templates/submit.html b/files/templates/submit.html
index db75d89cb..d732b6013 100644
--- a/files/templates/submit.html
+++ b/files/templates/submit.html
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 												<label for="body" class="mt-3">Text<i class="fas fa-info-circle text-gray-400 ml-1" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Uses markdown. Limited to 20000 characters."></i></label>
 
-												<textarea form="submitform" id="post-text" class="form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Optional if you have a link or an image." rows="7" name="body" oninput="markdown('post-text','preview');charLimit('post-text','character-count-submit-text-form');checkForRequired();savetext()" {% if v.longpost %}minlength="280"{% endif %} maxlength="{% if v.bird %}140{% else %}20000{% endif %}" required></textarea>
+												<textarea form="submitform" id="post-text" class="form-control rounded" aria-label="With textarea" placeholder="Optional if you have a link or an image." rows="7" name="body" data-preview="preview" oninput="markdown(this);charLimit('post-text','character-count-submit-text-form');checkForRequired();savetext()" {% if v.longpost %}minlength="280"{% endif %} maxlength="{% if v.bird %}140{% else %}20000{% endif %}" required></textarea>
                                                 <div class="ghostdiv" style="display:none;"></div>
 
 												<div class="text-small font-weight-bold mt-1" id="character-count-submit-text-form" style="right: 1rem; bottom: 0.5rem; z-index: 3;"></div>
diff --git a/files/templates/util/assetcache.html b/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
index 6dd08ab8b..09a43da09 100644
--- a/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
+++ b/files/templates/util/assetcache.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set CACHE_VER = {
 	'js/formatting.js': 240,
 	'js/lottery.js': 256,
 	'js/marked.js': 283,
-	'js/submit.js': 266,
+	'js/submit.js': 267,
 	'js/userpage.js': 242,
 	'js/userpage_v.js': 245,
 	'js/lozad.js': 260,