diff --git a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
index 95f9a30b3..1cd6ca86b 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ exports[`TextEditor snapshots block failed to load, Toast is shown 1`] = `
           "openModal": [MockFunction modal.openModal],
           "setEditorRef": [MockFunction hooks.prepareEditorRef.setEditorRef],
           "setSelection": [MockFunction hooks.selectedImage.setSelection],
+          "studioEndpointUrl": "sOmEoThERvaLue.cOm",
         }
       }
     />
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ exports[`TextEditor snapshots renders as expected with default behavior 1`] = `
           "openModal": [MockFunction modal.openModal],
           "setEditorRef": [MockFunction hooks.prepareEditorRef.setEditorRef],
           "setSelection": [MockFunction hooks.selectedImage.setSelection],
+          "studioEndpointUrl": "sOmEoThERvaLue.cOm",
         }
       }
     />
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.js b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.js
index 68274dace..308ecd9ab 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.js
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ export const setupCustomBehavior = ({ openModal, setImage }) => (editor) => {
   // image upload button
   editor.ui.registry.addButton(tinyMCE.buttons.imageUploadButton, {
     icon: 'image',
+    tooltip: 'Add Image',
     onAction: openModal,
   });
   // editing an existing image
   editor.ui.registry.addButton(tinyMCE.buttons.editImageSettings, {
     icon: 'image',
+    tooltip: 'Edit Image Settings',
     onAction: module.openModalWithSelectedImage({ editor, setImage, openModal }),
   });
   // overriding the code plugin's icon with 'HTML' text
@@ -34,14 +36,32 @@ export const setupCustomBehavior = ({ openModal, setImage }) => (editor) => {
     tooltip: 'Source code',
     onAction: openCodeEditor,
   });
+  // add a custom simple inline code block formatter.
+  const toggleCodeFormatting = () => editor.formatter.toggle('code');
+  editor.ui.registry.addButton(tinyMCE.buttons.codeBlock, {
+    icon: 'sourcecode',
+    tooltip: 'Code Block',
+    onAction: toggleCodeFormatting,
+  });
+  const toggleBlockQuoteFormatting = () => editor.formatter.toggle('blockquote');
+  editor.ui.registry.addButton(tinyMCE.buttons.blockQuote, {
+    icon: 'quote',
+    tooltip: 'Block Quote',
+    onAction: toggleBlockQuoteFormatting,
+  });
 };
 
+// imagetools_cors_hosts needs a protocol-sanatized url
+export const removeProtocolFromUrl = (url) => url.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '');
+
 export const editorConfig = ({
   setEditorRef,
   blockValue,
   openModal,
   initializeEditor,
   setSelection,
+  lmsEndpointUrl,
+  studioEndpointUrl,
 }) => ({
   onInit: (evt, editor) => {
     setEditorRef(editor);
@@ -58,6 +78,7 @@ export const editorConfig = ({
     ...pluginConfig.config,
     valid_elements: '*[*]',
     valid_children: '+body[style]',
+    imagetools_cors_hosts: [removeProtocolFromUrl(lmsEndpointUrl), removeProtocolFromUrl(studioEndpointUrl)],
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.test.jsx b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.test.jsx
index 59fc17f21..e1d12a4ab 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.test.jsx
+++ b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/hooks.test.jsx
@@ -65,13 +65,17 @@ describe('TextEditor hooks', () => {
         const mockOpenModalWithImage = args => ({ openModalWithSelectedImage: args });
         const expectedSettingsAction = mockOpenModalWithImage({ editor, setImage, openModal });
         const openCodeEditor = expect.any(Function);
+        const toggleCodeFormatting = expect.any(Function);
+        const toggleBlockQuoteFormatting = expect.any(Function);
         jest.spyOn(module, moduleKeys.openModalWithSelectedImage)
           .mockImplementationOnce(mockOpenModalWithImage);
         output = module.setupCustomBehavior({ openModal, setImage })(editor);
         expect(addButton.mock.calls).toEqual([
-          [tinyMCE.buttons.imageUploadButton, { icon: 'image', onAction: openModal }],
-          [tinyMCE.buttons.editImageSettings, { icon: 'image', onAction: expectedSettingsAction }],
+          [tinyMCE.buttons.imageUploadButton, { icon: 'image', tooltip: 'Add Image', onAction: openModal }],
+          [tinyMCE.buttons.editImageSettings, { icon: 'image', tooltip: 'Edit Image Settings', onAction: expectedSettingsAction }],
           [tinyMCE.buttons.code, { text: 'HTML', tooltip: 'Source code', onAction: openCodeEditor }],
+          [tinyMCE.buttons.codeBlock, { icon: 'sourcecode', tooltip: 'Code Block', onAction: toggleCodeFormatting }],
+          [tinyMCE.buttons.blockQuote, { icon: 'quote', tooltip: 'Block Quote', onAction: toggleBlockQuoteFormatting }],
         ]);
         expect(openModal).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ describe('TextEditor hooks', () => {
     describe('editorConfig', () => {
       const props = {
         blockValue: null,
-        // lmsEndpointUrl: 'sOmEuRl.cOm',
+        lmsEndpointUrl: 'sOmEuRl.cOm',
+        studioEndpointUrl: 'sOmEoThEruRl.cOm',
       };
       const evt = 'fakeEvent';
       const editor = 'myEditor';
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.jsx b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.jsx
index 459e481fb..928af03bd 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.jsx
+++ b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.jsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export const TextEditor = ({
   // redux
   blockValue,
   lmsEndpointUrl,
+  studioEndpointUrl,
   blockFailed,
   blockFinished,
   initializeEditor,
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export const TextEditor = ({
                 openModal,
                 initializeEditor,
                 lmsEndpointUrl,
+                studioEndpointUrl,
                 setSelection: imageSelection.setSelection,
                 clearSelection: imageSelection.clearSelection,
               })}
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ export const TextEditor = ({
 TextEditor.defaultProps = {
   blockValue: null,
   lmsEndpointUrl: null,
+  studioEndpointUrl: null,
 };
 TextEditor.propTypes = {
   onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ TextEditor.propTypes = {
     data: PropTypes.shape({ data: PropTypes.string }),
   }),
   lmsEndpointUrl: PropTypes.string,
+  studioEndpointUrl: PropTypes.string,
   blockFailed: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   blockFinished: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   initializeEditor: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ TextEditor.propTypes = {
 export const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
   blockValue: selectors.app.blockValue(state),
   lmsEndpointUrl: selectors.app.lmsEndpointUrl(state),
+  studioEndpointUrl: selectors.app.studioEndpointUrl(state),
   blockFailed: selectors.requests.isFailed(state, { requestKey: RequestKeys.fetchBlock }),
   blockFinished: selectors.requests.isFinished(state, { requestKey: RequestKeys.fetchBlock }),
 });
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.test.jsx b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.test.jsx
index 70c4aa61e..34be09ecc 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.test.jsx
+++ b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/index.test.jsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ jest.mock('../../data/redux', () => ({
     app: {
       blockValue: jest.fn(state => ({ blockValue: state })),
       lmsEndpointUrl: jest.fn(state => ({ lmsEndpointUrl: state })),
+      studioEndpointUrl: jest.fn(state => ({ lmsEndpointUrl: state })),
     },
     requests: {
       isFailed: jest.fn((state, params) => ({ isFailed: { state, params } })),
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ describe('TextEditor', () => {
     // redux
     blockValue: { data: { some: 'eDiTablE Text' } },
     lmsEndpointUrl: 'sOmEvaLue.cOm',
+    studioEndpointUrl: 'sOmEoThERvaLue.cOm',
     blockFailed: false,
     blockFinished: true,
     initializeEditor: jest.fn().mockName('args.intializeEditor'),
diff --git a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/pluginConfig.js b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/pluginConfig.js
index 6784ab480..b4cfd714f 100644
--- a/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/pluginConfig.js
+++ b/src/editors/containers/TextEditor/pluginConfig.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export default StrictDict({
       buttons.outdent,
       buttons.indent,
     ],
-    [buttons.imageUploadButton, buttons.link, buttons.unlink, buttons.table],
-    [buttons.emoticons, buttons.charmap, buttons.hr],
+    [buttons.imageUploadButton, buttons.link, buttons.unlink, buttons.blockQuote, buttons.codeBlock],
+    [buttons.table, buttons.emoticons, buttons.charmap, buttons.hr],
     [buttons.removeFormat, buttons.code],
   ]),
   imageToolbar: mapToolbars([
diff --git a/src/editors/data/constants/tinyMCE.js b/src/editors/data/constants/tinyMCE.js
index baeeb67b3..308c06237 100644
--- a/src/editors/data/constants/tinyMCE.js
+++ b/src/editors/data/constants/tinyMCE.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export const commands = StrictDict({
 
 export const buttons = StrictDict({
   addImageButton: 'addimagebutton',
+  blockQuote: 'blockQuote',
+  codeBlock: 'codeBlock',
   align: StrictDict({
     center: 'aligncenter',
     justify: 'alignjustify',