diff --git a/website/client/components/groups/chat.vue b/website/client/components/groups/chat.vue
index 60418461d9..1f867c5461 100644
--- a/website/client/components/groups/chat.vue
+++ b/website/client/components/groups/chat.vue
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     data () {
       return {
         newMessage: '',
+        sending: false,
         chat: {
           submitDisable: false,
           submitTimeout: null,
@@ -130,10 +131,10 @@
         });
         this.group.chat.unshift(response.message);
         this.newMessage = '';
-        this.$refs['user-entry'].innerText = '';
         this.sending = false;
         this.$refs['user-entry'].innerText = '';
 
+
         // @TODO: I would like to not reload everytime we send. Why are we reloading?
         // The response has all the necessary data...
         let chat = await this.$store.dispatch('chat:getChat', {groupId: this.group._id});
diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js
index 836d73accb..a72d1e1058 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/chat.js
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ api.postChat = {
     if (client) {
       client = client.replace('habitica-', '');
     }
+
     const newChatMessage = group.sendChat(message, user, null, client);
     let toSave = [newChatMessage.save()];