diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.form b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.form
index aa24012eed..d662d281dd 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.form
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.form
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
             <EventHandler event="mouseClicked" listener="java.awt.event.MouseListener" parameters="java.awt.event.MouseEvent" handler="keywordTextAreaMouseClicked"/>
           </Events>
           <AuxValues>
-            <AuxValue name="JavaCodeGenerator_CreateCodeCustom" type="java.lang.String" value="new JTextArea() {&#xa;    //Override the paste action for this jtext area to always insert a new line before the pasted text&#xa;    @Override&#xa;    public void paste() {&#xa;        keywordTextArea.setText(keywordTextArea.getText() + &quot;\n&quot;);&#xa;        super.paste();&#xa;    }&#xa;}"/>
+            <AuxValue name="JavaCodeGenerator_CreateCodeCustom" type="java.lang.String" value="new JTextArea() {&#xa;    //Override the paste action for this jtext area to always insert a new line before the pasted text&#xa;    @Override&#xa;    public void paste() {&#xa;        keywordTextArea.append(&quot;\n&quot;);&#xa;        super.paste();&#xa;    }&#xa;}"/>
           </AuxValues>
         </Component>
       </SubComponents>
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.java
index cb830bd728..afa4830b23 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/AddKeywordsDialog.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class AddKeywordsDialog extends javax.swing.JDialog {
             //Override the paste action for this jtext area to always insert a new line before the pasted text
             @Override
             public void paste() {
-                keywordTextArea.setText(keywordTextArea.getText() + "\n");
+                keywordTextArea.append("\n");
                 super.paste();
             }
         };