diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift
index 5391786f..164caba0 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeView.swift
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct ComposeView: View {
         ZStack(alignment: .top) {
             // just using .background doesn't work; for some reason it gets inset immediately after the software keyboard is dismissed
             Color.appBackground
+                .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
             
             mainList
                 .scrollDismissesKeyboardInteractivelyIfAvailable()