diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 658ec9f527..50e948f3b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
     "remark-gfm": "^3.0.1",
     "remark-parse": "^10.0.1",
     "remark-slate": "^1.8.6",
-    "slate": "^0.78.0",
+    "slate": "^0.94.1",
     "slate-history": "^0.66.0",
-    "slate-react": "^0.77.4",
+    "slate-react": "^0.98.3",
     "slugify": "^1.6.5",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.1.2",
     "unified": "^10.1.2",
diff --git a/src/features/callAssignments/models/CallerInstructionsModel.ts b/src/features/callAssignments/models/CallerInstructionsModel.ts
index d3c33c7471..26bbf238d9 100644
--- a/src/features/callAssignments/models/CallerInstructionsModel.ts
+++ b/src/features/callAssignments/models/CallerInstructionsModel.ts
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ export default class CallerInstructionsModel extends ModelBase {
       return false;
     }
 
-    const lsInstructions = localStorage.getItem(this._key) || '';
+    const lsInstructions = localStorage.getItem(this._key)?.trim() || '';
+    const dataInstructions = data.instructions.trim();
 
-    return data.instructions != lsInstructions;
+    return dataInstructions != lsInstructions;
   }
 
   get isSaving(): boolean {
diff --git a/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/TextElement.tsx b/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/TextElement.tsx
index 7cc7952074..013c08cf93 100644
--- a/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/TextElement.tsx
+++ b/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/TextElement.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const TextElement: React.FunctionComponent<RenderElementProps> = ({
   if (element.type === 'bulleted-list') {
     return (
       <ul style={style} {...attributes}>
-        {children}{' '}
+        {children}
       </ul>
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/helpers.ts b/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/helpers.ts
index ff6cf11897..9a44d6e401 100644
--- a/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/helpers.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment */
 import isUrl from 'is-url';
-import { BlockType, LeafType, NodeTypes, serialize } from 'remark-slate';
 import {
+  Ancestor,
   Descendant,
   Editor,
+  NodeEntry,
   Range,
   Element as SlateElement,
   Text,
   Transforms,
 } from 'slate';
+import { BlockType, LeafType, NodeTypes, serialize } from 'remark-slate';
 import isHotkey, { isKeyHotkey } from 'is-hotkey';
 
 const LIST_TYPES = ['numbered-list', 'bulleted-list'];
@@ -225,6 +227,23 @@ const convertSlateToRemarked = (
   return convertedChildren;
 };
 
+const shouldBeRemoved = (node: NodeEntry<Ancestor>): boolean => {
+  if (node && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(node[0], 'children')) {
+    if (
+      'children' in node[0].children[0] &&
+      Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(node[0].children[0], 'children')
+    ) {
+      if (
+        node[0].children[0].children[0] &&
+        node[0].children[0].children[0].text === ''
+      ) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
 const slateToMarkdown = (slateArray: Descendant[]): string => {
   const nodeTypes = {
     block_quote: 'block-quote',
@@ -269,6 +288,7 @@ export {
   isMarkActive,
   keyDownHandler,
   LIST_TYPES,
+  shouldBeRemoved,
   slateToMarkdown,
   withInlines,
   unwrapLink,
diff --git a/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/index.tsx b/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/index.tsx
index a5a5f7e4d8..e5093a1f17 100644
--- a/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/index.tsx
+++ b/src/zui/ZUITextEditor/index.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ import { makeStyles } from '@mui/styles';
 import { markdownToSlate } from './utils/markdownToSlate';
 import { withHistory } from 'slate-history';
 import { Box, ClickAwayListener, Collapse } from '@mui/material';
-import { createEditor, Descendant, Editor, Transforms } from 'slate';
+import {
+  createEditor,
+  deleteBackward,
+  Descendant,
+  Editor,
+  Node,
+  Transforms,
+} from 'slate';
 import {
   Editable,
   ReactEditor,
@@ -13,7 +20,13 @@ import {
   Slate,
   withReact,
 } from 'slate-react';
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, {
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+} from 'react';
 
 import './types';
 import { FileUpload } from 'features/files/hooks/useFileUploads';
@@ -21,7 +34,12 @@ import TextElement from './TextElement';
 import theme from 'theme';
 import Toolbar from './Toolbar';
 import { ZetkinFileUploadChip } from 'zui/ZUIFileChip';
-import { keyDownHandler, slateToMarkdown, withInlines } from './helpers';
+import {
+  keyDownHandler,
+  shouldBeRemoved,
+  slateToMarkdown,
+  withInlines,
+} from './helpers';
 
 const emptySlate = [
   {
@@ -86,6 +104,34 @@ const ZUITextEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ZUITextEditorProps> = ({
     () => withInlines(withHistory(withReact(createEditor()))),
     []
   );
+
+  //fixes deleting the missing bullet point in empty list in root
+  editor.deleteBackward = (...args) => {
+    deleteBackward(editor, ...args);
+
+    const bulletListNode = Editor.above(editor, {
+      match: (n: Node) =>
+        'type' in n &&
+        n.type === 'list-item' &&
+        Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(n, 'children'),
+    });
+
+    if (bulletListNode) {
+      if (shouldBeRemoved(bulletListNode)) {
+        Transforms.setNodes(
+          editor,
+          { type: 'paragraph' },
+          {
+            at: bulletListNode[1],
+            match: (n) => 'type' in n && n.type === 'list-item',
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    return editor;
+  };
+
+  const markdownValue = useRef('');
   const [initialValueSlate, setInitialValueSlate] = useState<
     Descendant[] | null
   >(null);
@@ -93,8 +139,10 @@ const ZUITextEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ZUITextEditorProps> = ({
   useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {
       if (initialValue) {
-        const slate = await markdownToSlate(initialValue as string);
-        setInitialValueSlate(slate as Descendant[]);
+        if (initialValue !== markdownValue.current) {
+          const slate = await markdownToSlate(initialValue);
+          setInitialValueSlate(slate as Descendant[]);
+        }
       } else {
         setInitialValueSlate(emptySlate);
       }
@@ -123,8 +171,11 @@ const ZUITextEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ZUITextEditorProps> = ({
         {initialValueSlate && (
           <Slate
             editor={editor}
-            onChange={(slateArray) => onChange(slateToMarkdown(slateArray))}
-            value={initialValueSlate}
+            initialValue={initialValueSlate}
+            onChange={(slateArray) => {
+              markdownValue.current = slateToMarkdown(slateArray);
+              onChange(markdownValue.current);
+            }}
           >
             <Editable
               autoFocus
@@ -134,7 +185,10 @@ const ZUITextEditor: React.FunctionComponent<ZUITextEditorProps> = ({
               renderElement={renderElement}
               renderLeaf={renderLeaf}
               spellCheck
-              style={{ overflowY: 'scroll' }}
+              style={{
+                outline: 'none',
+                overflowY: 'scroll',
+              }}
             />
             <Collapse in={active} sx={{ flexShrink: 0 }}>
               <Toolbar onClickAttach={onClickAttach} />
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b26b8a303a..d242edf3f0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2221,6 +2221,11 @@
     "@jridgewell/resolve-uri" "^3.0.3"
     "@jridgewell/sourcemap-codec" "^1.4.10"
 
+"@juggle/resize-observer@^3.4.0":
+  version "3.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@juggle/resize-observer/-/resize-observer-3.4.0.tgz#08d6c5e20cf7e4cc02fd181c4b0c225cd31dbb60"
+  integrity sha512-dfLbk+PwWvFzSxwk3n5ySL0hfBog779o8h68wK/7/APo/7cgyWp5jcXockbxdk5kFRkbeXWm4Fbi9FrdN381sA==
+
 "@mdx-js/mdx@^1.6.22":
   version "1.6.22"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mdx-js/mdx/-/mdx-1.6.22.tgz#8a723157bf90e78f17dc0f27995398e6c731f1ba"
@@ -4362,7 +4367,12 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/geojson" "*"
 
-"@types/lodash@^4.14.149", "@types/lodash@^4.14.167":
+"@types/lodash@^4.14.149":
+  version "4.14.198"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.198.tgz#4d27465257011aedc741a809f1269941fa2c5d4c"
+  integrity sha512-trNJ/vtMZYMLhfN45uLq4ShQSw0/S7xCTLLVM+WM1rmFpba/VS42jVUgaO3w/NOLiWR/09lnYk0yMaA/atdIsg==
+
+"@types/lodash@^4.14.167":
   version "4.14.182"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.182.tgz#05301a4d5e62963227eaafe0ce04dd77c54ea5c2"
   integrity sha512-/THyiqyQAP9AfARo4pF+aCGcyiQ94tX/Is2I7HofNRqoYLgN1PBoOWu2/zTA5zMxzP5EFutMtWtGAFRKUe961Q==
@@ -6582,10 +6592,10 @@ compression@^1.7.4:
     safe-buffer "5.1.2"
     vary "~1.1.2"
 
-compute-scroll-into-view@^1.0.17:
-  version "1.0.17"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compute-scroll-into-view/-/compute-scroll-into-view-1.0.17.tgz#6a88f18acd9d42e9cf4baa6bec7e0522607ab7ab"
-  integrity sha512-j4dx+Fb0URmzbwwMUrhqWM2BEWHdFGx+qZ9qqASHRPqvTYdqvWnHg0H1hIbcyLnvgnoNAVMlwkepyqM3DaIFUg==
+compute-scroll-into-view@^1.0.20:
+  version "1.0.20"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compute-scroll-into-view/-/compute-scroll-into-view-1.0.20.tgz#1768b5522d1172754f5d0c9b02de3af6be506a43"
+  integrity sha512-UCB0ioiyj8CRjtrvaceBLqqhZCVP+1B8+NWQhmdsm0VXOJtobBCf1dBQmebCCo34qZmUwZfIH2MZLqNHazrfjg==
 
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
@@ -14275,11 +14285,11 @@ schema-utils@^3.0.0, schema-utils@^3.1.0, schema-utils@^3.1.1:
     ajv-keywords "^3.5.2"
 
 scroll-into-view-if-needed@^2.2.20:
-  version "2.2.29"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scroll-into-view-if-needed/-/scroll-into-view-if-needed-2.2.29.tgz#551791a84b7e2287706511f8c68161e4990ab885"
-  integrity sha512-hxpAR6AN+Gh53AdAimHM6C8oTN1ppwVZITihix+WqalywBeFcQ6LdQP5ABNl26nX8GTEL7VT+b8lKpdqq65wXg==
+  version "2.2.31"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scroll-into-view-if-needed/-/scroll-into-view-if-needed-2.2.31.tgz#d3c482959dc483e37962d1521254e3295d0d1587"
+  integrity sha512-dGCXy99wZQivjmjIqihaBQNjryrz5rueJY7eHfTdyWEiR4ttYpsajb14rn9s5d4DY4EcY6+4+U/maARBXJedkA==
   dependencies:
-    compute-scroll-into-view "^1.0.17"
+    compute-scroll-into-view "^1.0.20"
 
 "semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0, semver@^5.6.0:
   version "5.7.1"
@@ -14488,11 +14498,12 @@ slate-history@^0.66.0:
   dependencies:
     is-plain-object "^5.0.0"
 
-slate-react@^0.77.4:
-  version "0.77.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slate-react/-/slate-react-0.77.4.tgz#b2532b57e47c4e088b1583ed8befc6e238a15ad5"
-  integrity sha512-e3gYuEhjbEX4IhydC4kWZgcvH5fgJkJMuu9paarO6gdW5vRRSWnys/EbOs5ALp4e9NWr5u1XzQkJnbpyW5AqBA==
+slate-react@^0.98.3:
+  version "0.98.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slate-react/-/slate-react-0.98.3.tgz#5090d269d69186f3ec2a6b5862d2645f01772eda"
+  integrity sha512-p1BnF9eRyRM0i5hkgOb11KgmpWLQm9Zyp6jVkOAj5fPdIGheKhg48Z7aWKrayeJ4nmRyi/NjRZz/io5hQcphmw==
   dependencies:
+    "@juggle/resize-observer" "^3.4.0"
     "@types/is-hotkey" "^0.1.1"
     "@types/lodash" "^4.14.149"
     direction "^1.0.3"
@@ -14502,10 +14513,10 @@ slate-react@^0.77.4:
     scroll-into-view-if-needed "^2.2.20"
     tiny-invariant "1.0.6"
 
-slate@^0.78.0:
-  version "0.78.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slate/-/slate-0.78.0.tgz#cd0328d22b0a99c543987d2a2dd30903bb950ee9"
-  integrity sha512-VwQ0RafT3JPf9SFrXI02Dh3S4Iz9en7d1nn50C/LJjjqjfgv+a2ORbgWMdYjhycPYldaxJwcI3OpP9D1g4SXEg==
+slate@^0.94.1:
+  version "0.94.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/slate/-/slate-0.94.1.tgz#13b0ba7d0a7eeb0ec89a87598e9111cbbd685696"
+  integrity sha512-GH/yizXr1ceBoZ9P9uebIaHe3dC/g6Plpf9nlUwnvoyf6V1UOYrRwkabtOCd3ZfIGxomY4P7lfgLr7FPH8/BKA==
   dependencies:
     immer "^9.0.6"
     is-plain-object "^5.0.0"