           # Set `parse:true` so the dirty flag for saving is not set
           if counter == 0
             @set 'body',
-              (new XMLSerializer).serializeToString($html.find('body')[0]),
+              $html.find('body')[0].innerHTML?.trim(),
               parse:true, loading:true
           deferred.resolve()
           return

          counter--
          # Set `parse:true` so the dirty flag for saving is not set
          if counter == 0
            @set 'body',
              (new XMLSerializer).serializeToString($html.find('body')[0]),
              parse:true, loading:true
          deferred.resolve()
        .fail ->


            # $img.attr('data-src', attrs.id) TODO: Aloha keeps stripping this attribute off.

          @set 'body', $html.find('body')[0].innerHTML?.trim(),
            imageupdate: true

    # Since the titles are purely cosmetic do not mark the model as dirty
