diff --git a/hypha/apply/utils/options.py b/hypha/apply/utils/options.py
index 942671a8a73f7a09ff4b25509df3cd6974d4a14a..eb26c51bc49df5c377bee9d8e937aacb2f3b409d 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/utils/options.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/utils/options.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ MCE_ATTRIBUTES = {
     'relative_urls': False,
     'browser_spellcheck': True,
     'default_link_target': '_blank',
+    'invalid_elements': 'iframe,object,embed'
 }
 MCE_ATTRIBUTES_SHORT = {**MCE_ATTRIBUTES, **{'height': 180}}