diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index 2cb90db..2ad0ea8 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-import { Plugin } from "obsidian";
+import { Plugin, MarkdownView } from "obsidian";
 import { transformText, cleanText, bulletToEmdash, bulletToArrow, numberedListSlash, numberedListParens, markdownToLinkedIn, FormatStyle } from "./formatter";
 
+function editorCheck(plugin: Plugin) {
+    return (_checking: boolean) => plugin.app.workspace.getActiveViewOfType(MarkdownView) !== null;
+}
+
 function addFormatCommand(plugin: Plugin, style: FormatStyle, name: string) {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: `unicode-formatter:${style}`,
         name,
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ export function registerCommands(plugin: Plugin): void {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: "unicode-formatter:clean",
         name: "Remove Unicode Formatting",
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
@@ -31,6 +37,7 @@ export function registerCommands(plugin: Plugin): void {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: "unicode-formatter:bullet-to-arrow",
         name: "Convert List Bullets to Arrow",
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ export function registerCommands(plugin: Plugin): void {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: "unicode-formatter:bullet-to-emdash",
         name: "Convert List Bullets to Em Dash",
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
@@ -51,6 +59,7 @@ export function registerCommands(plugin: Plugin): void {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: "unicode-formatter:numbered-list-slash",
         name: "Convert List to Numbered (Slash)",
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@ export function registerCommands(plugin: Plugin): void {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: "unicode-formatter:numbered-list-parens",
         name: "Convert List to Numbered (Parentheses)",
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ export function registerCommands(plugin: Plugin): void {
     plugin.addCommand({
         id: "unicode-formatter:markdown-to-linkedin",
         name: "Convert Markdown to Post Format",
+        editorCheckCallback: editorCheck(plugin),
         editorCallback: (editor) => {
             const selection = editor.getSelection();
             if (selection) {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 5aa22f8..5625545 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ export default class UnicodeFormatterPlugin extends Plugin {
 	async onload() {
 		registerCommands(this);
 	}
-
-	onunload() {
-	}
 }