diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/styles/input.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/styles/input.cljs
index 474cd2a115..53e02cb16e 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/styles/input.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/styles/input.cljs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
 (def command-input
   {:flex       1
    :marginLeft 8
-   :marginTop  7
+   :marginTop  -2
+   :padding    0
    :fontSize   14
    :fontFamily font
    :color      text1-color})
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/content_suggestions.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/content_suggestions.cljs
index 20fb1df9e5..25661ff11d 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/content_suggestions.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/content_suggestions.cljs
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
                            :onPress (fn [])}
       [view [icon :drag_down st/drag-down-icon]]]
      [view (st/suggestions-container (count suggestions))
-      [list-view {:dataSource (to-datasource suggestions)
-                  :renderRow  render-row}]]]))
+      [list-view {:dataSource                (to-datasource suggestions)
+                  :keyboardShouldPersistTaps true
+                  :renderRow                 render-row}]]]))
diff --git a/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs b/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs
index 9a170cd5a5..acf45f0967 100644
--- a/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/chat/views/suggestions.cljs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
             [view
              [icon :drag_down st/drag-down-icon]]]
            [view (st/suggestions-container (count suggestions))
-            [list-view {:dataSource (to-datasource suggestions)
-                        :enableEmptySections true
-                        :renderRow  render-row}]]])))))
+            [list-view {:dataSource                (to-datasource suggestions)
+                        :enableEmptySections       true
+                        :keyboardShouldPersistTaps true
+                        :renderRow                 render-row}]]])))))