diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 5b989049c1..cc1083afe6 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/types.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.js
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useEditorSearch.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useEditorSearch.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useEditorSearch.js.map
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d12471fea2..c71111597c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/types.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.js.map
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.d.ts
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.js
+packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.js.map
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useEditorSearch.d.ts
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useEditorSearch.js
 packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useEditorSearch.js.map
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..732df271d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { modifyListLines } from './useCursorUtils';
+
+describe('useCursorUtils', () => {
+		
+	let listWithDashes = `- item1
+- item2
+- item3`;
+	
+	let listNoDashes = `item1
+item2
+item3`;
+	
+	test('should remove "- " from beggining of each line of input string', () => {
+		expect(JSON.stringify(modifyListLines(listWithDashes.split('\n'), 0, '- '))).toBe(JSON.stringify(listNoDashes.split('\n')));
+	});
+	
+	test('should add "- " at the beggining of each line of the input string', () => {
+		expect(JSON.stringify(modifyListLines(listNoDashes.split('\n'), 0, '- '))).toBe(JSON.stringify(listWithDashes.split('\n')));
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.ts
index 26606421c0..ad2c2c8a09 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useCursorUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 import markdownUtils from '@joplin/lib/markdownUtils';
 import Setting from '@joplin/lib/models/Setting';
-
+export function modifyListLines(lines: string[],num: number,listSymbol: string) {
+	for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {
+		const line = lines[j];
+		if (!line && j === lines.length - 1) continue;
+		// Only add the list token if it's not already there
+		// if it is, remove it
+		if (!line.startsWith(listSymbol)) {
+			if (num) {
+				lines[j] = `${num.toString()}. ${line}`;
+				num++;
+			} else {
+				lines[j] = listSymbol + line;
+			}
+		} else {
+			lines[j] = line.substr(listSymbol.length, line.length - listSymbol.length);
+		}
+	}
+	return lines;
+}
 // Helper functions that use the cursor
 export default function useCursorUtils(CodeMirror: any) {
 
@@ -81,28 +99,12 @@ export default function useCursorUtils(CodeMirror: any) {
 			for (let i = 0; i < selectedStrings.length; i++) {
 				const selected = selectedStrings[i];
 
-				let num = markdownUtils.olLineNumber(string1);
+				const num = markdownUtils.olLineNumber(string1);
 
 				const lines = selected.split(/\r?\n/);
 				//  Save the newline character to restore it later
 				const newLines = selected.match(/\r?\n/);
-
-				for (let j = 0; j < lines.length; j++) {
-					const line = lines[j];
-					// Only add the list token if it's not already there
-					// if it is, remove it
-					if (!line.startsWith(string1)) {
-						if (num) {
-							lines[j] = `${num.toString()}. ${line}`;
-							num++;
-						} else {
-							lines[j] = string1 + line;
-						}
-					} else {
-						lines[j] = line.substr(string1.length, line.length - string1.length);
-					}
-				}
-
+				modifyListLines(lines,num,string1);
 				const newLine = newLines !== null ? newLines[0] : '\n';
 				selectedStrings[i] = lines.join(newLine);
 			}