diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/editor-panel/editor-panel.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/editor-panel/editor-panel.tsx
index 081359719..137ece5e2 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/editor-panel/editor-panel.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/editor-panel/editor-panel.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import { closeEditorPanelAtom, editorPanelAtom } from "@/atoms/editor/editor-panel.atom";
 import { VersionHistoryButton } from "@/components/documents/version-history";
-import { LocalFileMonaco } from "@/components/editor/local-file-monaco";
+import { SourceCodeEditor } from "@/components/editor/source-code-editor";
 import { MarkdownViewer } from "@/components/markdown-viewer";
 import { Alert, AlertDescription } from "@/components/ui/alert";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ interface EditorContent {
 }
 
 const EDITABLE_DOCUMENT_TYPES = new Set(["FILE", "NOTE"]);
+type EditorRenderMode = "rich_markdown" | "source_code";
 
 function EditorPanelSkeleton() {
 	return (
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ export function EditorPanelContent({
 	const changeCountRef = useRef(0);
 	const [displayTitle, setDisplayTitle] = useState(title || "Untitled");
 	const isLocalFileMode = kind === "local_file";
+	const editorRenderMode: EditorRenderMode = isLocalFileMode ? "source_code" : "rich_markdown";
 
 	const isLargeDocument = (editorDoc?.content_size_bytes ?? 0) > LARGE_DOCUMENT_THRESHOLD;
 
@@ -246,7 +248,8 @@ export function EditorPanelContent({
 	}, [documentId, electronAPI, isLocalFileMode, localFilePath, searchSpaceId]);
 
 	const isEditableType = editorDoc
-		? (isLocalFileMode || EDITABLE_DOCUMENT_TYPES.has(editorDoc.document_type ?? "")) &&
+		? (editorRenderMode === "source_code" ||
+				EDITABLE_DOCUMENT_TYPES.has(editorDoc.document_type ?? "")) &&
 			!isLargeDocument
 		: false;
 	const localFileLanguage = inferMonacoLanguageFromPath(localFilePath);
@@ -354,10 +357,10 @@ export function EditorPanelContent({
 						</Alert>
 						<MarkdownViewer content={editorDoc.source_markdown} />
 					</div>
-				) : isLocalFileMode ? (
+				) : editorRenderMode === "source_code" ? (
 					<div className="h-full overflow-hidden">
-						<LocalFileMonaco
-							filePath={localFilePath ?? "local-file.txt"}
+						<SourceCodeEditor
+							path={localFilePath ?? "local-file.txt"}
 							language={localFileLanguage}
 							value={localFileContent}
 							onChange={(next) => {
diff --git a/surfsense_web/components/editor/local-file-monaco.tsx b/surfsense_web/components/editor/source-code-editor.tsx
similarity index 69%
rename from surfsense_web/components/editor/local-file-monaco.tsx
rename to surfsense_web/components/editor/source-code-editor.tsx
index b27203341..7bb7bee35 100644
--- a/surfsense_web/components/editor/local-file-monaco.tsx
+++ b/surfsense_web/components/editor/source-code-editor.tsx
@@ -2,29 +2,44 @@
 
 import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
 import { useTheme } from "next-themes";
+import { Spinner } from "@/components/ui/spinner";
 
 const MonacoEditor = dynamic(() => import("@monaco-editor/react"), {
 	ssr: false,
 });
 
-interface LocalFileMonacoProps {
-	filePath: string;
-	language: string;
+interface SourceCodeEditorProps {
 	value: string;
 	onChange: (next: string) => void;
+	path?: string;
+	language?: string;
+	readOnly?: boolean;
+	fontSize?: number;
 }
 
-export function LocalFileMonaco({ filePath, language, value, onChange }: LocalFileMonacoProps) {
+export function SourceCodeEditor({
+	value,
+	onChange,
+	path,
+	language = "plaintext",
+	readOnly = false,
+	fontSize = 12,
+}: SourceCodeEditorProps) {
 	const { resolvedTheme } = useTheme();
 
 	return (
 		<div className="h-full w-full overflow-hidden bg-sidebar">
 			<MonacoEditor
-				path={filePath}
+				path={path}
 				language={language}
 				value={value}
 				theme={resolvedTheme === "dark" ? "vs-dark" : "vs"}
 				onChange={(next) => onChange(next ?? "")}
+				loading={
+					<div className="flex h-full w-full items-center justify-center">
+						<Spinner size="sm" className="text-muted-foreground" />
+					</div>
+				}
 				options={{
 					automaticLayout: true,
 					minimap: { enabled: false },
@@ -44,11 +59,12 @@ export function LocalFileMonaco({ filePath, language, value, onChange }: LocalFi
 					},
 					tabSize: 2,
 					insertSpaces: true,
-					fontSize: 12,
+					fontSize,
 					fontFamily:
 						"ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, Liberation Mono, monospace",
 					renderWhitespace: "selection",
 					smoothScrolling: true,
+					readOnly,
 				}}
 			/>
 		</div>