diff --git a/.re-natal b/.re-natal
index 8fd652b4ea..5d64a66c9d 100644
--- a/.re-natal
+++ b/.re-natal
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "react-native-action-button",
     "react-native-vector-icons/Ionicons",
     "react-native-circle-checkbox",
-    "react-native-randombytes"
+    "react-native-randombytes",
+    "dismissKeyboard"
   ],
   "imageDirs": [
     "images"
diff --git a/src/syng_im/components/chat/plain_message_input.cljs b/src/syng_im/components/chat/plain_message_input.cljs
index 74c8cd2c83..0e230bbcd8 100644
--- a/src/syng_im/components/chat/plain_message_input.cljs
+++ b/src/syng_im/components/chat/plain_message_input.cljs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
                                               view
                                               image
                                               touchable-highlight
-                                              text-input]]
+                                              text-input
+                                              dismiss-keyboard]]
             [syng-im.components.styles :refer [font
                                                text2-color
                                                color-white
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@
                  input-message])
       (dispatch [:send-chat-msg chat-id
                  input-message])))
-  (set-input-message nil))
+  (set-input-message nil)
+  (dismiss-keyboard))
 
 (defn plain-message-input-view []
   (let [chat (subscribe [:get-current-chat])
diff --git a/src/syng_im/components/react.cljs b/src/syng_im/components/react.cljs
index a9f31957b7..b3b047b0b8 100644
--- a/src/syng_im/components/react.cljs
+++ b/src/syng_im/components/react.cljs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 (defn list-item [component]
   (r/as-element component))
 
+(def dismiss-keyboard (js/require "dismissKeyboard"))
+
 (comment
   (.-width (.get (.. js/React -Dimensions) "window"))
   )