diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5cdeda786..1549c36b1 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3796,14 +3796,14 @@ tests = ["check-manifest", "coverage", "defusedxml", "markdown2", "olefile", "pa
 
 [[package]]
 name = "platformdirs"
-version = "3.6.0"
+version = "3.7.0"
 description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a \"user data dir\"."
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "platformdirs-3.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ffa199e3fbab8365778c4a10e1fbf1b9cd50707de826eb304b50e57ec0cc8d38"},
-    {file = "platformdirs-3.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:57e28820ca8094678b807ff529196506d7a21e17156cb1cddb3e74cebce54640"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-3.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cfd065ba43133ff103ab3bd10aecb095c2a0035fcd1f07217c9376900d94ba07"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-3.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:87fbf6473e87c078d536980ba970a472422e94f17b752cfad17024c18876d481"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -3812,14 +3812,14 @@ test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.3.1)", "pytest-
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "pluggy-1.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:74134bbf457f031a36d68416e1509f34bd5ccc019f0bcc952c7b909d06b37bd3"},
-    {file = "pluggy-1.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4224373bacce55f955a878bf9cfa763c1e360858e330072059e10bad68531159"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c2fd55a7d7a3863cba1a013e4e2414658b1d07b6bc57b3919e0c63c9abb99849"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d12f0c4b579b15f5e054301bb226ee85eeeba08ffec228092f8defbaa3a4c4b3"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 18aaa6da7..7aaceb868 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "langflow"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "A Python package with a built-in web application"
 authors = ["Logspace <contact@logspace.ai>"]
 maintainers = [
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/chatModal/chatInput/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/chatModal/chatInput/index.tsx
index 03be27cdb..5f02979ca 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/chatModal/chatInput/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/chatModal/chatInput/index.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ export default function ChatInput({
   setChatValue,
   inputRef,
 }) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!lockChat && inputRef.current) {
+      inputRef.current.focus();
+    }
+  },[
+    lockChat,inputRef
+  ])
+
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (inputRef.current) {
       inputRef.current.style.height = "inherit"; // Reset the height