diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeEmojiTextField.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeEmojiTextField.swift
index d003f5eb..3df54e01 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeEmojiTextField.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeEmojiTextField.swift
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ struct ComposeEmojiTextField: UIViewRepresentable {
         
         view.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
         
+        // otherwise when the text gets too wide it starts expanding the ComposeView
+        view.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
+        
         context.coordinator.textField = view
         context.coordinator.uiState = uiState
         context.coordinator.text = $text