diff --git a/example/src/App.tsx b/example/src/App.tsx
index 034c1a563..ebde39b41 100644
--- a/example/src/App.tsx
+++ b/example/src/App.tsx
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ export default function App() {
         ref={ref}
         markdownStyle={markdownStyle}
         placeholder="Type here..."
-        onSelectionChange={(e) => {
-          setSelection(e.nativeEvent.selection);
-        }}
+        onSelectionChange={(e) => setSelection(e.nativeEvent.selection)}
         selection={selection}
       />
       {/* <Text>TextInput singleline</Text>
diff --git a/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx b/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
index f2fe9a2b2..cc7ad33b7 100644
--- a/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
+++ b/src/MarkdownTextInput.web.tsx
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
     const divRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
     const currentlyFocusedField = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
     const valueLength = value ? value.length : 0;
-    const contentSelection = useRef<Selection>({start: valueLength, end: valueLength});
+    const currentSelection = useRef<Selection>({start: valueLength, end: valueLength});
     const className = `react-native-live-markdown-input-${multiline ? 'multiline' : 'singleline'}`;
     const history = useRef<InputHistory>();
     if (!history.current) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
     const setEventProps = useCallback((e: NativeSyntheticEvent<any>) => {
       if (divRef.current) {
         const text = normalizeValue(divRef.current.innerText || '');
-        if (e.target && typeof e.target !== 'number') {
+        if (e.target) {
           // TODO: change the logic here so every event have value property
           (e.target as unknown as HTMLInputElement).value = text;
         }
@@ -292,15 +292,16 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
       (event) => {
         const e = event as unknown as NativeSyntheticEvent<TextInputSelectionChangeEventData>;
         setEventProps(e);
-        if (onSelectionChange && contentSelection.current) {
-          e.nativeEvent.selection = contentSelection.current;
+        if (onSelectionChange && currentSelection.current) {
+          e.nativeEvent.selection = currentSelection.current;
           onSelectionChange(e);
         }
       },
       [onSelectionChange, setEventProps],
     );
 
-    const updateRefSelectionVariables = useCallback((start: number, end: number) => {
+    const updateRefSelectionVariables = useCallback((newSelection: Selection) => {
+      const {start, end} = newSelection;
       const markdownHTMLInput = divRef.current as HTMLInputElement;
       markdownHTMLInput.selectionStart = start;
       markdownHTMLInput.selectionEnd = end;
@@ -310,12 +311,12 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
       if (!divRef.current) {
         return;
       }
-      const currentSelection = CursorUtils.getCurrentCursorPosition(divRef.current);
+      const newSelection = CursorUtils.getCurrentCursorPosition(divRef.current);
 
-      if (currentSelection && (contentSelection.current.start !== currentSelection.start || contentSelection.current.end !== currentSelection.end)) {
-        if (contentSelection.current.start >= 0 && contentSelection.current.end >= 0) {
-          updateRefSelectionVariables(contentSelection.current.start, contentSelection.current.end);
-          contentSelection.current = currentSelection;
+      if (newSelection && (currentSelection.current.start !== newSelection.start || currentSelection.current.end !== newSelection.end)) {
+        if (currentSelection.current.start >= 0 && currentSelection.current.end >= 0) {
+          updateRefSelectionVariables(currentSelection.current);
+          currentSelection.current = newSelection;
         }
         if (e) {
           handleSelectionChange(e);
@@ -393,8 +394,8 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
         const hostNode = e.target as unknown as HTMLDivElement;
         currentlyFocusedField.current = hostNode;
         setEventProps(e);
-        if (divRef.current && contentSelection.current) {
-          CursorUtils.setCursorPosition(divRef.current, contentSelection.current.end || contentSelection.current.start);
+        if (divRef.current && currentSelection.current) {
+          CursorUtils.setCursorPosition(divRef.current, currentSelection.current.end || currentSelection.current.start);
         }
 
         if (onFocus) {
@@ -530,11 +531,11 @@ const MarkdownTextInput = React.forwardRef<TextInput, MarkdownTextInputProps>(
       if (autoFocus) {
         divRef.current.focus();
       }
-      updateRefSelectionVariables(contentSelection.current.start, contentSelection.current.end);
+      updateRefSelectionVariables(currentSelection.current);
     }, []);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-      if (!divRef.current || !selection || !(selection.start !== contentSelection.current.start || selection.end !== contentSelection.current.end)) {
+      if (!divRef.current || !selection || !(selection.start === currentSelection.current.start && selection.end === currentSelection.current.end)) {
         return;
       }
       CursorUtils.setCursorPosition(divRef.current, selection.start, selection.end);
@@ -578,8 +579,8 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     // @ts-expect-error it works on web
     boxSizing: 'border-box',
     whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap',
-    overflowY: 'scroll',
-    overflowX: 'scroll',
+    overflowY: 'auto',
+    overflowX: 'auto',
     overflowWrap: 'break-word',
   },
   disabledInputStyles: {
diff --git a/src/web/cursorUtils.ts b/src/web/cursorUtils.ts
index 3522c79c6..bf12c8e69 100644
--- a/src/web/cursorUtils.ts
+++ b/src/web/cursorUtils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 function findTextNodes(textNodes: Text[], node: ChildNode) {
-  if (node.nodeType === 3) {
+  if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
     textNodes.push(node as Text);
   } else {
-    for (let i = 0, len = node.childNodes.length; i < len; ++i) {
+    for (let i = 0, length = node.childNodes.length; i < length; ++i) {
       const childNode = node.childNodes[i];
       if (childNode) {
         findTextNodes(textNodes, childNode);
@@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ function moveCursorToEnd(target: HTMLElement) {
 
 function getCurrentCursorPosition(target: HTMLElement) {
   const selection = window.getSelection();
-  if (selection && selection.rangeCount > 0) {
-    const range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
-    const preSelectionRange = range.cloneRange();
-    preSelectionRange.selectNodeContents(target);
-    preSelectionRange.setEnd(range.startContainer, range.startOffset);
-    const start = preSelectionRange.toString().length;
-    const end = start + range.toString().length;
-    return {start, end};
+  if (!selection || (selection && selection.rangeCount === 0)) {
+    return null;
   }
-  return null;
+  const range = selection.getRangeAt(0);
+  const preSelectionRange = range.cloneRange();
+  preSelectionRange.selectNodeContents(target);
+  preSelectionRange.setEnd(range.startContainer, range.startOffset);
+  const start = preSelectionRange.toString().length;
+  const end = start + range.toString().length;
+  return {start, end};
 }
 
 function removeSelection() {