diff --git a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts
index a487d91e..55388e05 100644
--- a/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts
+++ b/frontend/obsidian-plugin/src/obsidian-file-system.ts
@@ -13,19 +13,26 @@ export class ObsidianFileSystemOperations implements FileSystemOperations {
 	}
 
 	public async read(path: RelativePath): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+		path = normalizePath(path);
 		const view = this.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
 		if (view?.file?.path === path) {
 			return new TextEncoder().encode(view.editor.getValue());
 		}
 
-		return new Uint8Array(
-			await this.vault.adapter.readBinary(normalizePath(path))
-		);
+		return new Uint8Array(await this.vault.adapter.readBinary(path));
 	}
 
 	public async write(path: RelativePath, content: Uint8Array): Promise<void> {
+		path = normalizePath(path);
+
+		const view = this.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
+		if (view?.file?.path === path) {
+			view.editor.setValue(new TextDecoder().decode(content));
+			return;
+		}
+
 		return this.vault.adapter.writeBinary(
-			normalizePath(path),
+			path,
 			// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-type-assertion
 			content.buffer as ArrayBuffer
 		);
@@ -35,7 +42,16 @@ export class ObsidianFileSystemOperations implements FileSystemOperations {
 		path: RelativePath,
 		updater: (currentContent: string) => string
 	): Promise<string> {
-		return this.vault.adapter.process(normalizePath(path), updater);
+		path = normalizePath(path);
+
+		const view = this.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView);
+		if (view?.file?.path === path) {
+			const result = updater(view.editor.getValue());
+			view.editor.setValue(result);
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		return this.vault.adapter.process(path, updater);
 	}
 
 	public async getFileSize(path: RelativePath): Promise<number> {