diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
index 3d60b8b2cb..d3e0fc5abd 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/block.cljs
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@
         [:a.marker-switch
          {:title "Change from NOW to LATER"
           :on-click (set-marker-fn "LATER")}
-         [:span "N"]]
+         "N"]
         "LATER"
         [:a.marker-switch
          {:title "Change from LATER to NOW"
@@ -1367,8 +1367,7 @@
            (f)
            (js/setTimeout f 5)))
 
-       (when-not (state/get-selection-start-block)
-         (when block-id (state/set-selection-start-block! block-id)))))))
+       (when block-id (state/set-selection-start-block! block-id))))))
 
 (defn- block-content-on-drag-over
   [event uuid]
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs
index e588168168..cb10bd3f36 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/sidebar.cljs
@@ -275,11 +275,7 @@
                       ;; hide context menu
                       (state/hide-custom-context-menu!)
 
-                      (editor-handler/clear-selection! e)))
-     (mixins/listen state js/window "mouseup"
-                    (fn [e]
-                      (when (state/get-selection-start-block)
-                        (state/set-selection-start-block! nil))))))
+                      (editor-handler/clear-selection! e)))))
   {:did-mount (fn [state]
                 (shortcut/install-shortcuts!)
                 state)