diff --git a/cypress.config.js b/cypress.config.js
index 9d710bc1..5e1c68ea 100644
--- a/cypress.config.js
+++ b/cypress.config.js
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
 		openMode: 0,
 	},
 	e2e: {
-		baseUrl: "http://lms1:8000",
+		baseUrl: "http://testui:8000",
 	},
 });
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/course_creation.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/course_creation.cy.js
index 8ff62758..7d20fdcb 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/course_creation.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/course_creation.cy.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe("Course Creation", () => {
 		cy.visit("/lms/courses");
 
 		// Create a course
-		cy.get("header").children().last().children().last().click();
+		cy.get("button").contains("New").click();
 		cy.wait(1000);
 		cy.url().should("include", "/courses/new/edit");
 
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ describe("Course Creation", () => {
 		cy.wait(1000);
 
 		cy.get("label").contains("Title").type("Test Lesson");
-
 		cy.get("#content .ce-block").type(
-			"This is an extremely big paragraph that is meant to test the UI. This is a very long paragraph. It contains more than once sentence. Its meant to be this long as this is a UI test. Its unbearably long and I'm not sure why I'm typing this much. I'm just going to keep typing until I feel like its long enough. I think its long enough now. I'm going to stop typing now."
+			"{enter}This is an extremely big paragraph that is meant to test the UI. This is a very long paragraph. It contains more than once sentence. Its meant to be this long as this is a UI test. Its unbearably long and I'm not sure why I'm typing this much. I'm just going to keep typing until I feel like its long enough. I think its long enough now. I'm going to stop typing now."
 		);
 		cy.button("Save").click();
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Members.vue b/frontend/src/components/Members.vue
index ecf99aa7..796ac38e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Members.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Members.vue
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 			<FormControl
 				v-model="member.first_name"
 				:placeholder="__('First Name')"
-				type="test"
+				type="text"
 				class="w-full"
 			/>
 			<Button @click="addMember()" variant="subtle">
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/LessonForm.vue b/frontend/src/pages/LessonForm.vue
index bca46d2f..b318d4f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/LessonForm.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/LessonForm.vue
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const renderEditor = (holder) => {
 const lesson = reactive({
 	title: '',
 	include_in_preview: false,
-	body: 'Test',
+	body: '',
 	instructor_notes: '',
 	content: '',
 })
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ const convertToJSON = (lessonData) => {
 				type: 'upload',
 				data: {
 					file_url: video,
-					file_type: 'video',
+					file_type: video.split('.').pop(),
 				},
 			})
 		} else if (block.includes('{{ Audio')) {
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ const convertToJSON = (lessonData) => {
 				type: 'upload',
 				data: {
 					file_url: audio,
-					file_type: 'audio',
+					file_type: audio.split('.').pop(),
 				},
 			})
 		} else if (block.includes('{{ PDF')) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/markdownParser.js b/frontend/src/utils/markdownParser.js
index db47283c..613465a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/markdownParser.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/markdownParser.js
@@ -50,10 +50,18 @@ export class Markdown {
 			this.wrapper.innerHTML = this.text
 
 			this.wrapper.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-				const value = event.target.textContent
+				let value = event.target.textContent
 				if (event.keyCode === 32 && value.startsWith('#')) {
 					this.convertToHeader(event, value)
-				} else if (event.keyCode === 13) {
+				} else if (event.keyCode == 189) {
+					this.convertBlock('list', {
+						style: 'unordered',
+					})
+				} else if (/^[a-zA-Z]/.test(event.key)) {
+					this.convertBlock('paragraph', {
+						text: value,
+					})
+				} else if (event.keyCode === 13 || event.keyCode === 190) {
 					this.parseContent(event)
 				}
 			})
@@ -75,7 +83,11 @@ export class Markdown {
 
 	parseContent(event) {
 		event.preventDefault()
-		const previousLine = this.wrapper.textContent
+		let previousLine = this.wrapper.textContent
+		if (event.keyCode === 190) {
+			previousLine = previousLine + '.'
+		}
+
 		if (previousLine && this.hasImage(previousLine)) {
 			this.wrapper.textContent = ''
 			this.convertBlock('image')
@@ -94,12 +106,12 @@ export class Markdown {
 					},
 				],
 			})
-		} else if (previousLine && previousLine.startsWith('1. ')) {
+		} else if (previousLine && previousLine.startsWith('1.')) {
 			this.convertBlock('list', {
 				style: 'ordered',
 				items: [
 					{
-						content: previousLine.replace('1. ', ''),
+						content: previousLine.replace('1.', ''),
 					},
 				],
 			})
@@ -108,6 +120,10 @@ export class Markdown {
 			this.convertBlock('embed', {
 				source: previousLine,
 			})
+		} else {
+			this.convertBlock('paragraph', {
+				text: previousLine,
+			})
 		}
 	}