diff --git a/src/models/state.js b/src/models/state.js
index 8e7eb1e51..6533f17af 100644
--- a/src/models/state.js
+++ b/src/models/state.js
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ class State extends new Record(DEFAULTS) {
     }
 
     const state = new State({ document, selection })
-
-    // transform.apply will normalize the document
     return state.transform()
+      .normalize()
       .apply({ save: false })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/models/transform.js b/src/models/transform.js
index b7b62cf1a..cfa265d0d 100644
--- a/src/models/transform.js
+++ b/src/models/transform.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Transform {
     let { merge, save, isNative = false, normalize = true } = options
 
     // Ensure that the state is normalized.
-    if (normalize) transform = transform.normalize()
+    // if (normalize) transform = transform.normalize()
 
     let { state, operations } = transform
     let { history } = state