diff --git a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js
index 4d0acaa10..4e10ccc03 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.js
@@ -529,13 +529,15 @@ export class OLXParser {
     const solutionArray = [];
     if (divBody && divBody.div) {
       divBody.div.forEach(tag => {
-        if (_.get(Object.values(tag)[0][0], '#text', null) !== 'Explanation') {
+        const tagText = _.get(Object.values(tag)[0][0], '#text', '');
+        if (tagText.toString().trim() !== 'Explanation') {
           solutionArray.push(tag);
         }
       });
     } else {
       solutionBody.solution.forEach(tag => {
-        if (_.get(Object.values(tag)[0][0], '#text', null) !== 'Explanation') {
+        const tagText = _.get(Object.values(tag)[0][0], '#text', '');
+        if (tagText.toString().trim() !== 'Explanation') {
           solutionArray.push(tag);
         }
       });
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js
index 49eedeaef..410fa85eb 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/OLXParser.test.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   solutionExplanationTest,
   solutionExplanationWithoutDivTest,
   tablesInRichTextTest,
+  parseOutExplanationTests,
 } from './mockData/olxTestData';
 import { ProblemTypeKeys } from '../../../data/constants/problem';
 
@@ -327,5 +328,11 @@ describe('OLXParser', () => {
       const explanation = olxparser.getSolutionExplanation(problemType);
       expect(explanation).toBe(solutionExplanationWithoutDivTest.solutionExplanation);
     });
+    it('should parse out <p>Explanation</p>', () => {
+      const olxparser = new OLXParser(parseOutExplanationTests.rawOLX);
+      const problemType = olxparser.getProblemType();
+      const explanation = olxparser.getSolutionExplanation(problemType);
+      expect(explanation).toBe(parseOutExplanationTests.solutionExplanation);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js
index 01983ca88..a6d53ce29 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/ProblemEditor/data/mockData/olxTestData.js
@@ -1090,3 +1090,25 @@ export const tablesInRichTextTest = {
         In which of the following observations does the C-value paradox apply? Select all that apply.
       </p>`,
 };
+
+export const parseOutExplanationTests = {
+  rawOLX: `<problem>
+    <multiplechoiceresponse>
+      <choicegroup>
+      </choicegroup>
+      <solution>
+        <p>Explanation</p>
+        <p>
+          Explanation
+        </p>
+        <p>solution meat</p>
+      </solution>
+    </multiplechoiceresponse>
+    <demandhint></demandhint>
+  </problem>`,
+  solutionExplanation: `
+        
+        
+        <p>solution meat</p>
+      `
+};
diff --git a/src/editors/data/services/cms/mockApi.js b/src/editors/data/services/cms/mockApi.js
index 06a8a9b54..e7939239e 100644
--- a/src/editors/data/services/cms/mockApi.js
+++ b/src/editors/data/services/cms/mockApi.js
@@ -36,21 +36,7 @@ export const fetchBlockById = ({ blockId, studioEndpointUrl }) => {
   } else if (blockId === 'problem-block-id') {
     data = {
       data: `<problem>
-      <multiplechoiceresponse>
-      <p>What is the content of the register x2 after executing the following three lines of instructions?</p>
-      <p><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><strong>Address&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;assembly instructions <br />0x0&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;addi x1, x0, 1<br />0x4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;slli x2, x1, 4<br />0x8&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;sub x1, x2, x1</strong></span></p>
-      <choicegroup type="MultipleChoice">
-          <choice correct="false">answerA</choice>
-          <choice correct="true">answerB</choice>
-        </choicegroup>
-      <solution>
-      <div class="detailed-solution">
-       <p>Explanation</p>
-        <p><span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"><strong>Address&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;assembly instructions&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;comment<br />0x0&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;addi x1, x0, 1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;x1 = 0x1<br />0x4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;slli x2, x1, 4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;x2 = x1 &lt;&lt; 4 = 0x10<br />0x8&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;sub x1, x2, x1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;x1 = x2 - x1 = 0x10 - 0x01 = 0xf</strong></span></p>
-        </div>
-        </solution>
-      </multiplechoiceresponse>
-      </problem>`,
+    </problem>`,
       display_name: 'Dropdown',
       metadata: {
         markdown: `You can use this template as a guide to the simple editor markdown and OLX markup to use for dropdown problems. Edit this component to replace this template with your own assessment.