diff --git a/public/style.css b/public/style.css
index 1da55bd..ea5e17e 100644
--- a/public/style.css
+++ b/public/style.css
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ body {
   clear: both;
 }
 
+.charcount {
+  cursor: default;
+}
+
 .in-reply-to .well {
   padding: 10px;
 }
diff --git a/src/View/Draft.elm b/src/View/Draft.elm
index 818c5c1..03c7d09 100644
--- a/src/View/Draft.elm
+++ b/src/View/Draft.elm
@@ -263,13 +263,12 @@ draftView ({ draft, currentUser } as model) =
                             , onClick (DraftEvent ClearDraft)
                             ]
                             [ text "Clear" ]
-                        , button
-                            [ type_ "button"
-                            , class <|
+                        , div
+                            [ class <|
                                 if limitExceeded then
-                                    "btn btn-danger active"
+                                    "btn btn-danger charcount active"
                                 else
-                                    "btn btn-default active"
+                                    "btn btn-default charcount active"
                             ]
                             [ text <| toString charCount ]
                         , button