diff --git a/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift b/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift
index c43c4e48..bea739d9 100644
--- a/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ struct TextViewWrapper: UIViewRepresentable {
     }
 
     func updateUIView(_ uiView: UITextView, context: Context) {
+        let selectedRange = uiView.selectedRange
+        uiView.isScrollEnabled = false
         uiView.attributedText = attributedText
+        uiView.selectedRange = selectedRange
+        uiView.isScrollEnabled = true
     }
 
     func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator {