diff --git a/app/helpers/tiny_mce_helper.rb b/app/helpers/tiny_mce_helper.rb
index a58b88b0c..1187411c7 100644
--- a/app/helpers/tiny_mce_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/tiny_mce_helper.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module TinyMceHelper
   def parse_tiny_mce_asset_to_token(text, obj)
     ids = []
-    html = Nokogiri::HTML(text)
+    html = Nokogiri::HTML(remove_pasted_tokens(text))
     html.search('img').each do |img|
       next unless img['data-token']
       img_id = Base62.decode(img['data-token'])
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ module TinyMceHelper
     end
   end
 
-  def check_parse_token_permissions(obj, img)
-    return true if obj.class == Step && img.result_text.nil?
-    return true if obj.class == ResultText && img.step.nil?
+  def remove_pasted_tokens(text)
+    regex = Constants::TINY_MCE_ASSET_REGEX
+    text.gsub(regex, ' ')
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/protocols/index/_protocol_preview_modal_body.html.erb b/app/views/protocols/index/_protocol_preview_modal_body.html.erb
index bbb5912b7..7172b7d07 100644
--- a/app/views/protocols/index/_protocol_preview_modal_body.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/protocols/index/_protocol_preview_modal_body.html.erb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                     <em><%= t("protocols.steps.no_description") %></em>
                   <% else %>
                     <div class="ql-editor">
-                      <%= sanitize_input(generate_image_tag_from_token(step.description), ['img']) %>
+                      <%= sanitize_input(generate_image_tag_from_token(step.description, step), ['img']) %>
                     </div>
                   <% end %>
                 </div>