diff --git a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/mod.rs b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/mod.rs
index fd9137f..1161906 100644
--- a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/mod.rs
+++ b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ pub use operation::Operation;
 use crate::tokenizer::Tokenizer;
 
 pub fn reconcile(original: &str, left: &str, right: &str) -> String {
+    if left == right {
+        return left.to_string();
+    }
+
     let left_operations = EditedText::from_strings(original, left);
     let right_operations = EditedText::from_strings(original, right);