diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/clipboard.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/clipboard.js
index f547203d4..af82f1b14 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/clipboard.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/clipboard.js
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ RED.clipboard = (function() {
             // IE11 workaround
             // IE does not support data uri scheme for downloading data
             var blob = new Blob([data], {
-                type: "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8"
+                type: "data:application/json;charset=utf-8"
             });
             navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, file);
         }
         else {
             var element = document.createElement('a');
-            element.setAttribute('href', 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(data));
+            element.setAttribute('href', 'data:application/json;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(data));
             element.setAttribute('download', file);
             element.style.display = 'none';
             document.body.appendChild(element);