diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/modal.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/modal.scss
index d0db308a15..5cbe405e0e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/modal.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/modal.scss
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 .modal-root__modal {
   pointer-events: auto;
+  user-select: text;
   display: flex;
 }