diff --git a/src/content-script-tools/custom-events/workflowy.js b/src/content-script-tools/custom-events/workflowy.js
index 218dee7..ab540cd 100644
--- a/src/content-script-tools/custom-events/workflowy.js
+++ b/src/content-script-tools/custom-events/workflowy.js
@@ -7,5 +7,9 @@ export default {
     this.setValue = (value) => {
       this.elem.innerHTML = string.htmlEscape(value);
     };
+
+    this.extractTextFromUnknownElem = (elem, options) => {
+      return elem.innerText;
+    };
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/handlers/content-editable.js b/src/handlers/content-editable.js
index 9d3b95a..e0a68a5 100644
--- a/src/handlers/content-editable.js
+++ b/src/handlers/content-editable.js
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ class ContentEditableHandler extends BaseHandler {
         const noBreak = options.noLinebreak || i === this.elem.childNodes.length - 1;
         return noBreak ? '' : '\n';
       default:
-        return child.outerHTML;
+        return this.extractTextFromUnknownElem(child, options);
       }
     }).join('');
   }
 
+  extractTextFromUnknownElem(elem, _options) {
+    return elem.outerHTML;
+  }
+
   setValue(value) {
     const htmlValue = value.split('\n').map((v) => {
       if (v.trim().length === 0) {