diff --git a/src/main/frontend/ui.cljs b/src/main/frontend/ui.cljs
index e87604e227..8b27f290d7 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/ui.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/ui.cljs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
                 (let [^js el (rum/dom-node state)]
                   ;; Passing aria-label as a prop to TextareaAutosize removes the dash
                   (.setAttribute el "aria-label" "editing block")
-                  (. el addEventListener "mouseup"
+                  (. el addEventListener "select"
                      #(let [start (util/get-selection-start el)
                             end (util/get-selection-end el)]
                         (when (and start end)