diff --git a/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift b/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift
index 7a21bf9..441f998 100644
--- a/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift
+++ b/yobble/Views/Chat/PrivateChatView.swift
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ struct PrivateChatView: View {
     }
 
     private var isSendDisabled: Bool {
-        draftText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty || viewModel.isSending || currentUserId == nil
+        draftText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty || currentUserId == nil
     }
 
     private var isSendAvailable: Bool {
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ struct PrivateChatView: View {
         let text = draftText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         guard !text.isEmpty else { return }
 
+        draftText = ""
         viewModel.sendMessage(text: text) { success in
             if success {
-                draftText = ""
                 hasPositionedToBottom = true
             }
         }