diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 611dc5c16..b3a5c325c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ### Option 1 - Manual
 
 1. Fork and clone the repo
-1. Run `npm install` to install dependencies
+1. Run `yarn` to install dependencies
 1. Create a branch for your PR with `git checkout -b your-branch-name`
 
 > To keep `master` branch pointing to remote repository and make pull requests from branches on your fork. To do this, run:
diff --git a/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx b/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx
index fdbe41dc7..93dc36baf 100644
--- a/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx
+++ b/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export const actionCopy = register({
     };
   },
   contextItemLabel: "labels.copy",
-  keyTest: (event) => event[KEYS.CTRL_OR_CMD] && event.code === CODES.C,
+  // don't supply a shortcut since we handle this conditionally via onCopy event
+  keyTest: undefined,
 });
 
 export const actionCut = register({
diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index c07b6debe..c811245a4 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -1058,6 +1058,21 @@ class App extends React.Component<ExcalidrawProps, AppState> {
   });
 
   private onCopy = withBatchedUpdates((event: ClipboardEvent) => {
+    const activeSelection = document.getSelection();
+    // if there's a selected text is outside the component, prevent our copy
+    // action
+    if (
+      activeSelection?.anchorNode &&
+      // it can happen that certain interactions will create a selection
+      // outside (or potentially inside) the component without actually
+      // selecting anything (i.e. the selection range is collapsed). Copying
+      // in such case wouldn't copy anything to the clipboard anyway, so prevent
+      // our copy handler only if the selection isn't collapsed
+      !activeSelection.isCollapsed &&
+      !this.excalidrawContainerRef.current!.contains(activeSelection.anchorNode)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (isWritableElement(event.target)) {
       return;
     }
@@ -2129,6 +2144,14 @@ class App extends React.Component<ExcalidrawProps, AppState> {
   ) => {
     event.persist();
 
+    // remove any active selection when we start to interact with canvas
+    // (mainly, we care about removing selection outside the component which
+    //  would prevent our copy handling otherwise)
+    const selection = document.getSelection();
+    if (selection?.anchorNode) {
+      selection.removeAllRanges();
+    }
+
     this.maybeOpenContextMenuAfterPointerDownOnTouchDevices(event);
     this.maybeCleanupAfterMissingPointerUp(event);
 
diff --git a/src/packages/utils/package.json b/src/packages/utils/package.json
index 092463a61..b19e21aad 100644
--- a/src/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/src/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build:umd": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.prod.config.js",
     "build:umd:withAnalyzer": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production ANALYZER=true webpack --config webpack.prod.config.js",
-    "pack": "yarn build:umd && npm pack"
+    "pack": "yarn build:umd && yarn pack"
   }
 }