diff --git a/frontend/src/uxbox/main/data/workspace.cljs b/frontend/src/uxbox/main/data/workspace.cljs
index e66585658..7ea2d353d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/uxbox/main/data/workspace.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/uxbox/main/data/workspace.cljs
@@ -2072,7 +2072,9 @@
       (watch [_ state stream]
         (let [selected (get-in state [:workspace-local :selected])
               cdata    (prepare-selected state selected)]
-          (->> (rx/from (wapi/write-to-clipboard cdata))
+          (->> (t/encode cdata)
+               (wapi/write-to-clipboard)
+               (rx/from)
                (rx/catch on-copy-error)
                (rx/ignore)))))))
 
@@ -2160,12 +2162,13 @@
     ptk/WatchEvent
     (watch [_ state stream]
       (->> (rx/from (wapi/read-from-clipboard))
+           (rx/map t/decode)
            (rx/filter #(= :copied-shapes (:type %)))
            (rx/pr-log "pasting:")
            (rx/map :data)
            (rx/map paste-impl)
            (rx/catch (fn [err]
-                       (js/console.error "Clipboard blocked:" err)
+                       (js/console.error "Clipboard error:" err)
                        (rx/empty)))))))
 
 (defn select-pasted-objs
diff --git a/frontend/src/uxbox/util/webapi.cljs b/frontend/src/uxbox/util/webapi.cljs
index 30a82264a..841ac49bd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/uxbox/util/webapi.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/uxbox/util/webapi.cljs
@@ -69,18 +69,15 @@
 
 (defn write-to-clipboard
   [data]
+  (assert (string? data) "`data` should be string")
   (let [cboard (unchecked-get js/navigator "clipboard")]
-    (.writeText cboard (uxbox.util.transit/encode data))))
+    (.writeText cboard data)))
 
 (defn- read-from-clipboard
   []
   (let [cboard (unchecked-get js/navigator "clipboard")]
     (-> (.readText cboard)
-        (p/then (fn [data]
-                  (try
-                    (t/decode data)
-                    (catch :default e
-                      nil)))))))
+        (p/then identity))))
 
 (defn request-fullscreen
   [el]