diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/v2/importer/paragraphNodeImporter.js b/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/v2/importer/paragraphNodeImporter.js
index ea168ce108..7353aa6759 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/v2/importer/paragraphNodeImporter.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/core/super-converter/v2/importer/paragraphNodeImporter.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const getParagraphSpacing = (node, docx, styleId = '', marks = []) => {
     lineSpaceBefore: 0,
     line: 0,
     lineRule: null,
-  }
+  };
   
   const { spacing: pDefaultSpacing = {} } = getDefaultParagraphStyle(docx, styleId);
   let lineSpaceAfter, lineSpaceBefore, line, lineRuleStyle;
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/helpers/getDefaultSpacing.js b/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/helpers/getDefaultSpacing.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b6b551b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/helpers/getDefaultSpacing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export const getDefaultSpacing = () => ({
+  lineSpaceAfter: 0,
+  lineSpaceBefore: 0,
+  line: 0,
+  lineRule: null,
+});
diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/paragraph.js b/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/paragraph.js
index 2c5d9bf95c..a4f41ea131 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/paragraph.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/extensions/paragraph/paragraph.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Plugin, PluginKey } from 'prosemirror-state';
 import { Decoration, DecorationSet } from 'prosemirror-view';
 import { Node, Attribute, Schema } from '@core/index.js';
 import { getSpacingStyleString, getMarksStyle } from '@extensions/linked-styles/index.js';
+import { getDefaultSpacing } from './helpers/getDefaultSpacing.js';
 
 export const Paragraph = Node.create({
   name: 'paragraph',
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export const Paragraph = Node.create({
   addAttributes() {
     return {
       spacing: {
+        default: getDefaultSpacing(),
         renderDOM: (attrs) => {
           const { spacing } = attrs;
           if (!spacing) return {};