diff --git a/internal_packages/composer/lib/composer-view.cjsx b/internal_packages/composer/lib/composer-view.cjsx
index feb74fae0..3248d92db 100644
--- a/internal_packages/composer/lib/composer-view.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/composer/lib/composer-view.cjsx
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ class ComposerView extends React.Component
# We insert empty br tags before quoted text.
# Our quoted text parser adds additional document elements
onlyHasBr = (/^(
]*>)+$/gi).test(body)
- onlyHasDoc = (/^
<\/head><\/body>$/i).test(body)
+ onlyHasDoc = (/^<\/head>
<\/body>$/i).test(body)
bodyIsEmpty = body.length is 0 or onlyHasBr or onlyHasDoc
warnings = []
diff --git a/internal_packages/composer/spec/composer-view-spec.cjsx b/internal_packages/composer/spec/composer-view-spec.cjsx
index 25e920d1b..62af958f3 100644
--- a/internal_packages/composer/spec/composer-view-spec.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/composer/spec/composer-view-spec.cjsx
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ describe "populated composer", ->
useDraft.call @,
to: [u1]
subject: "Hello World"
- body: ""
+ body: "
"
makeComposer.call(@)
@composer._sendDraft()
expect(Actions.sendDraft).not.toHaveBeenCalled()