diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chat-view.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chat-view.tsx
index a074058a8..49d9be259 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chat-view.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chat-view.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default function ChatView({
       return new Date(a.timestamp).getTime() - new Date(b.timestamp).getTime();
     });
 
-    if (messages.length === 0 && !lockChat && chatInputNode) {
+    if (messages.length === 0 && !lockChat && chatInputNode && isTabHidden) {
       setChatValueStore(
         chatInputNode.data.node.template["input_value"].value ?? "",
       );