diff --git a/public/scripts/group-chats.js b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
index 55a63856a..11e9aad7b 100644
--- a/public/scripts/group-chats.js
+++ b/public/scripts/group-chats.js
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ async function generateGroupWrapper(by_auto_mode, type = null, params = {}) {
             const bias = getBiasStrings(userInput);
             await sendMessageAsUser(userInput, bias.messageBias);
             await saveChatConditional();
-            $('#send_textarea').val('');
+            $('#send_textarea').val('').trigger('input');
         }
 
         // now the real generation begins: cycle through every activated character