diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx
index 8f13de7914..21ccfd0045 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/SettingsView.tsx
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ const SettingsView = ({ onDone }: SettingsViewProps) => {
 					<VSCodeTextArea
 						value={customInstructions ?? ""}
 						style={{ width: "100%" }}
+						resize="vertical"
 						rows={4}
 						placeholder={'e.g. "Run unit tests at the end", "Use TypeScript with async/await", "Speak in Spanish"'}
 						onInput={(e: any) => setCustomInstructions(e.target?.value ?? "")}>