diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index a52b846550..c8375e5c78 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -4993,7 +4993,7 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentBase {
                     bodyBuilder.setSpan(q,
                             bodyBuilder.getSpanStart(quoteSpan),
                             bodyBuilder.getSpanEnd(quoteSpan),
-                            Spanned.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
+                            bodyBuilder.getSpanFlags(quoteSpan));
                     bodyBuilder.removeSpan(quoteSpan);
                 }