diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index f018e332..a370159d 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
 
   doSyntaxHighlighting();
 
-  if (!window.isScrolled && targetElement.scrollTop !== targetElement.scrollHeight) {
+  const isUserTyping = document.activeElement && document.activeElement.closest("#chat-input") && !targetElement.classList.contains("_generating");
+  if (!window.isScrolled && !isUserTyping && targetElement.scrollTop !== targetElement.scrollHeight) {
     targetElement.scrollTop = targetElement.scrollHeight;
   }