diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/WriteBlogPostActivity.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/WriteBlogPostActivity.java
index 20c4500febf8cfdc5482e13c70b2736352c1a102..95c2e2771f6fc8f2eabdfd0e91e30a59b50bf9e8 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/WriteBlogPostActivity.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/blog/WriteBlogPostActivity.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class WriteBlogPostActivity extends BriarActivity
 	@Override
 	public void onSendClick(String body) {
 		// hide publish button, show progress bar
+		hideSoftKeyboard(input);
 		input.setVisibility(GONE);
 		progressBar.setVisibility(VISIBLE);