diff --git a/tailbone/views/messages.py b/tailbone/views/messages.py
index 1ebc5fd7..ea9cd7d1 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/messages.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/messages.py
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ class MessagesView(MasterView):
 
         # we have custom logic to disable submit button
         f.auto_disable = False
+        f.auto_disable_save = False
 
         # TODO: A fair amount of this still seems hacky...