diff --git a/docs/iamb.5 b/docs/iamb.5
index 0fdab5f..8357f96 100644
--- a/docs/iamb.5
+++ b/docs/iamb.5
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ respective shortcodes.
 .It Sy message_user_color
 Defines whether or not the message body is colored like the username.
 
+.It Sy normal_after_send
+Defines whether to reset input to Normal mode after sending a message.
+
 .It Sy notifications
 When this subsection is present, you can enable and configure push notifications.
 See
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 99e9490..d998e20 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ impl SortOverrides {
 pub struct TunableValues {
     pub log_level: Level,
     pub message_shortcode_display: bool,
+    pub normal_after_send: bool,
     pub reaction_display: bool,
     pub reaction_shortcode_display: bool,
     pub read_receipt_send: bool,
@@ -584,6 +585,7 @@ pub struct TunableValues {
 pub struct Tunables {
     pub log_level: Option<LogLevel>,
     pub message_shortcode_display: Option<bool>,
+    pub normal_after_send: Option<bool>,
     pub reaction_display: Option<bool>,
     pub reaction_shortcode_display: Option<bool>,
     pub read_receipt_send: Option<bool>,
@@ -614,6 +616,7 @@ impl Tunables {
             message_shortcode_display: self
                 .message_shortcode_display
                 .or(other.message_shortcode_display),
+            normal_after_send: self.normal_after_send.or(other.normal_after_send),
             reaction_display: self.reaction_display.or(other.reaction_display),
             reaction_shortcode_display: self
                 .reaction_shortcode_display
@@ -645,6 +648,7 @@ impl Tunables {
         TunableValues {
             log_level: self.log_level.map(Level::from).unwrap_or(Level::INFO),
             message_shortcode_display: self.message_shortcode_display.unwrap_or(false),
+            normal_after_send: self.normal_after_send.unwrap_or(false),
             reaction_display: self.reaction_display.unwrap_or(true),
             reaction_shortcode_display: self.reaction_shortcode_display.unwrap_or(false),
             read_receipt_send: self.read_receipt_send.unwrap_or(true),
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c38b239..b0a0eec 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ impl Application {
                 None
             },
             IambAction::Send(act) => {
+                if store.application.settings.tunables.normal_after_send {
+                    self.bindings.reset_mode();
+                }
                 self.screen.current_window_mut()?.send_command(act, ctx, store).await?
             },
 
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 3e3f825..73d3e84 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ pub fn mock_tunables() -> TunableValues {
         default_room: None,
         log_level: Level::INFO,
         message_shortcode_display: false,
+        normal_after_send: true,
         reaction_display: true,
         reaction_shortcode_display: false,
         read_receipt_send: true,