diff --git a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
index 2751350e..233d90e4 100755
--- a/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
+++ b/frontends/src/primitivus/primitivus
@@ -417,7 +417,10 @@ class PrimitivusApp(QuickApp, InputHistory):
             try:
                 edit_bar = self.editBar
             except AttributeError:
-                log.warning(u"Paste discarded: there is no edit bar yet")
+                log.warning(u"Paste treated as normal text: there is no edit bar yet")
+                if extra is None:
+                    extra = []
+                extra.extend(input_)
             else:
                 if self.main_widget.focus == edit_bar:
                     # XXX: if a paste is detected, we append it directly to the edit bar text