diff --git a/src/lib/components/ui/textarea/index.ts b/src/lib/components/ui/textarea/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb6ba3..0000000
--- a/src/lib/components/ui/textarea/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import Root from "./textarea.svelte";
-
-type FormTextareaEvent<T extends Event = Event> = T & {
-	currentTarget: EventTarget & HTMLTextAreaElement;
-};
-
-type TextareaEvents = {
-	blur: FormTextareaEvent<FocusEvent>;
-	change: FormTextareaEvent<Event>;
-	click: FormTextareaEvent<MouseEvent>;
-	focus: FormTextareaEvent<FocusEvent>;
-	keydown: FormTextareaEvent<KeyboardEvent>;
-	keypress: FormTextareaEvent<KeyboardEvent>;
-	keyup: FormTextareaEvent<KeyboardEvent>;
-	mouseover: FormTextareaEvent<MouseEvent>;
-	mouseenter: FormTextareaEvent<MouseEvent>;
-	mouseleave: FormTextareaEvent<MouseEvent>;
-	paste: FormTextareaEvent<ClipboardEvent>;
-	input: FormTextareaEvent<InputEvent>;
-};
-
-export {
-	Root,
-	//
-	Root as Textarea,
-	type TextareaEvents,
-	type FormTextareaEvent,
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/components/ui/textarea/textarea.svelte b/src/lib/components/ui/textarea/textarea.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index e0face7..0000000
--- a/src/lib/components/ui/textarea/textarea.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<script lang="ts">
-  import { cn } from '$lib/utils.js';
-  import type { HTMLTextareaAttributes } from 'svelte/elements';
-  import type { TextareaEvents } from './index.js';
-
-  // Note: The autoResize directive is NOT part of the shadcn-svelte package,
-  // it just has to be added directly to the root component because of a
-  // Svelte limitation.
-  import { autoResize } from '$lib/functions/autoresize.svelte';
-
-  type $$Props = HTMLTextareaAttributes;
-  type $$Events = TextareaEvents;
-
-  let className: $$Props['class'] = undefined;
-  export let value: $$Props['value'] = undefined;
-  export { className as class };
-
-  // Workaround for https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/issues/9305
-  // Fixed in Svelte 5, but not backported to 4.x.
-  export let readonly: $$Props['readonly'] = undefined;
-</script>
-
-<textarea
-  class={cn(
-    'flex min-h-[60px] w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-transparent px-3 py-2 text-sm shadow-sm placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-ring disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50',
-    className,
-  )}
-  bind:value
-  {readonly}
-  on:blur
-  on:change
-  on:click
-  on:focus
-  on:keydown
-  on:keypress
-  on:keyup
-  on:mouseover
-  on:mouseenter
-  on:mouseleave
-  on:paste
-  on:input
-  use:autoResize
-  {...$$restProps}></textarea>
diff --git a/src/lib/functions/autoresize.svelte.ts b/src/lib/functions/autoresize.svelte.ts
index 96272a7..e8fc2c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/functions/autoresize.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/functions/autoresize.svelte.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export function autoResize(node: HTMLElement) {
   function resize() {
-    node.style.height = 'auto';
+    node.style.height = '40px';
     node.style.height = node.scrollHeight + 'px';
   }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/channel/[channel]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/channel/[channel]/+page.svelte
index 9280563..d9917bc 100644
--- a/src/routes/channel/[channel]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/channel/[channel]/+page.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   import { page } from '$app/state';
   import Message from '$lib/components/message.svelte';
   import { Button } from '$lib/components/ui/button/index';
-  import Textarea from '$lib/components/ui/textarea/textarea.svelte';
+  import { autoResize } from '$lib/functions/autoresize.svelte';
   import Websocket from '$lib/functions/clientWebsocket.svelte';
   import type { TypeMessage } from '$lib/types';
   import Send from 'lucide-svelte/icons/send';
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
   import { onMount } from 'svelte';
   import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
   import type { PageData } from './$types';
-  import { autoResize } from '$lib/functions/autoresize.svelte';
 
   const { data }: { data: PageData } = $props();
 
   let user: string = uuidv4();
   let socket: Websocket | undefined = $state();
   let msg: string = $state('');
-  const channel = $derived(page.params.channel);
+  const channel: string = $derived(page.params.channel);
+  let textareaRef: HTMLElement | undefined = $state();
 
   // Connect on page load
   onMount(() => {
@@ -49,9 +49,17 @@
     class="flex w-full gap-1"
     onsubmit={() => {
       socket?.sendMessage(user!, msg);
+      if (textareaRef) textareaRef.style.height = '40px';
       msg = '';
     }}>
-    <Textarea placeholder="Type Here" bind:value={msg} />
-    <Button class="h-full w-14" type="submit"><Send class="size-full" /></Button>
+    <textarea
+      placeholder="Type Here"
+      bind:value={msg}
+      bind:this={textareaRef}
+      use:autoResize
+      class="flex min-h-10 w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-transparent px-3 py-2 text-sm shadow-sm
+      placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-ring
+       disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50"></textarea>
+    <Button class="h-full min-h-10 w-14" type="submit"><Send class="size-full" /></Button>
   </form>
 </div>