diff --git a/app/views/documents/edit.html.erb b/app/views/documents/edit.html.erb
index e7a0d4ad..ad4b5816 100644
--- a/app/views/documents/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/documents/edit.html.erb
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       ],
       selectTemplate: function (item) {
         // We're overriding the default here so we don't prepend a @
-        return '<span class="' + item.original.color + '-text">' + item.original.value + '</span>';
+        return '<span class="' + item.original.color + '-text" contenteditable="false">' + item.original.value + '</span>';
       },
       menuItemTemplate: function (item) {
         return '<i class="material-icons right ' + item.original.color + '-text">' + item.original.icon + '</i>' + item.string;