diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/annotations/annotation-dialog-component/annotation-dialog.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/annotations/annotation-dialog-component/annotation-dialog.component.html
index 78f36cf83..1a264ae17 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/annotations/annotation-dialog-component/annotation-dialog.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/annotations/annotation-dialog-component/annotation-dialog.component.html
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 					<div class="col-12 col-md mb-2">
 						<mat-form-field appearance="outline" class="w-100">
 							<mat-label>{{'ANNOTATION-DIALOG.THREADS.NEW-THREAD' | translate}}</mat-label>
-							<input matInput formControlName="text" required>
-							<!-- <mat-icon matSuffix class="material-symbols-outlined">
+							<textarea matInput name="text" rows="2" formControlName="text" required></textarea>
+							<!--<input matInput formControlName="text" required>
+							 <mat-icon matSuffix class="material-symbols-outlined">
 								add_reaction
 							</mat-icon> -->
 							<mat-error *ngIf="threadFormGroup.get('text').hasError('backendError')">{{threadFormGroup.get('text').getError('backendError')?.message}}</mat-error>