diff --git a/src/main/frontend/components/content.cljs b/src/main/frontend/components/content.cljs
index 88c3c3056f..5b91b8acf2 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/components/content.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/components/content.cljs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
           (ui/menu-link
            {:key "Copy block ref"
             :on-click (fn [_e]
-                        (editor-handler/copy-block-ref! block-id))}
+                        (editor-handler/copy-block-ref! block-id #(str "((" % "))")))}
            "Copy block ref")
 
           (block-template block-id)
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
index a7323b8f74..31e3960f2d 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/editor.cljs
@@ -1120,11 +1120,12 @@
             (save-block-if-changed! block new-content)))))))
 
 (defn copy-block-ref!
-  [block-id]
-  (let [block (db/entity [:block/uuid block-id])]
-    (when-not (:block/pre-block? block)
-      (set-block-property! block-id "id" (str block-id))))
-  (util/copy-to-clipboard! (str block-id)))
+  ([block-id] (copy-block-ref! block-id #(str %)))
+  ([block-id tap-clipboard]
+   (let [block (db/entity [:block/uuid block-id])]
+     (when-not (:block/pre-block? block)
+       (set-block-property! block-id "id" (str block-id))))
+   (util/copy-to-clipboard! (tap-clipboard block-id))))
 
 (defn clear-selection!
   [_e]