diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput.css b/client/coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb630521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput.css
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.root {
+  background-color: #fff;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  padding-left: 5px;
+  padding-top: 5px;
+
+}
+
+.rootFocuesd {
+  border-color: rgb(142, 76, 65);
+}
+
+.tag {
+  background-color: rgb(255, 220, 214);
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  border: 1px solid rgb(244, 126, 107);
+  color: rgb(244, 126, 107);
+  display: inline-block;
+  font-family: sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  margin-bottom: 5px;
+  margin-right: 5px;
+  padding: 5px;
+}
+
+.tagRemove {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: rgb(101, 24, 23);
+
+  &::before {
+    content: " ×";
+  }
+}
+
+.input > input {
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  color: #777;
+  font-family: sans-serif;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
+  margin-top: 1px;
+  outline: none;
+  padding: 5px;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9854ed86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import TagsInput from 'react-tagsinput';
+import styles from './TagsInput.css';
+import AutosizeInput from 'react-input-autosize';
+
+const autosizingRenderInput = ({onChange, value, addTag: _, ...other}) =>
+  <AutosizeInput type='text' onChange={onChange} value={value} {...other} />;
+
+export default (props) => {
+  return (
+    <TagsInput
+      addOnBlur={true}
+      addOnPaste={true}
+      pasteSplit={(data) => data.split(',').map((d) => d.trim())}
+      className={styles.root}
+      focusedClassName={styles.rootFocus}
+      renderInput={autosizingRenderInput}
+      {...props}
+
+      tagProps={{
+        className: styles.tag,
+        classNameRemove: styles.tagRemove,
+        ...props.tagProps,
+      }}
+      inputProps={{
+        className: styles.input,
+        ...props.inputProps,
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+};
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Configure.css b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Configure.css
index 22e46518c..5b02b963a 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Configure.css
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Configure.css
@@ -136,13 +136,6 @@
   resize: none;
 }
 
-#bannedWordlist, #suspectWordlist {
-  display: block;
-  input {
-    width: 100%;
-  }
-}
-
 .customCSSInput {
   width: 100%;
   font-size: 14px;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Domainlist.js b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Domainlist.js
index 45790ec89..7b7565c5e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Domainlist.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Domainlist.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import {Card} from 'coral-ui';
 import styles from './Configure.css';
-import TagsInput from 'react-tagsinput';
+import TagsInput from 'coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput';
 import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
 
 const Domainlist = ({domains, onChangeDomainlist}) => {
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ const Domainlist = ({domains, onChangeDomainlist}) => {
           <TagsInput
             value={domains}
             inputProps={{placeholder: 'URL'}}
-            addOnPaste={true}
-            pasteSplit={(data) => data.split(',').map((d) => d.trim())}
             onChange={(tags) => onChangeDomainlist('whitelist', tags)}
           />
         </div>
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Wordlist.js b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Wordlist.js
index af8c1b383..e96f37f9f 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Wordlist.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Configure/components/Wordlist.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
-import TagsInput from 'react-tagsinput';
+import TagsInput from 'coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput';
 import styles from './Configure.css';
 import {Card} from 'coral-ui';
 
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ const Wordlist = ({suspectWords, bannedWords, onChangeWordlist}) => (
         <TagsInput
           value={bannedWords}
           inputProps={{placeholder: 'word or phrase'}}
-          addOnPaste={true}
-          pasteSplit={(data) => data.split(',').map((d) => d.trim())}
           onChange={(tags) => onChangeWordlist('banned', tags)}
         />
       </div>
@@ -26,8 +24,6 @@ const Wordlist = ({suspectWords, bannedWords, onChangeWordlist}) => (
         <TagsInput
           value={suspectWords}
           inputProps={{placeholder: 'word or phrase'}}
-          addOnPaste={true}
-          pasteSplit={(data) => data.split(',').map((d) => d.trim())}
           onChange={(tags) => onChangeWordlist('suspect', tags)} />
       </div>
     </Card>
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Install/components/Steps/PermittedDomainsStep.js b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Install/components/Steps/PermittedDomainsStep.js
index 6741954ec..20b037890 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Install/components/Steps/PermittedDomainsStep.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/routes/Install/components/Steps/PermittedDomainsStep.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import styles from './style.css';
 import {Button, Card} from 'coral-ui';
-import TagsInput from 'react-tagsinput';
+import TagsInput from 'coral-admin/src/components/TagsInput';
 
 import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
 
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ const PermittedDomainsStep = (props) => {
         <TagsInput
           value={domains}
           inputProps={{placeholder: 'URL'}}
-          addOnBlur={true}
-          addOnPaste={true}
-          pasteSplit={(data) => data.split(',').map((d) => d.trim())}
           onChange={(tags) => handleDomainsChange(tags)}
         />
       </Card>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 729358ffc..9d48f39cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
     "prop-types": "^15.5.10",
     "react-apollo": "^1.1.0",
+    "react-input-autosize": "^1.1.4",
     "react-recaptcha": "^2.2.6",
     "react-toastify": "^1.5.0",
     "react-transition-group": "^1.1.3",
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@
     "react-mdl-selectfield": "^0.2.0",
     "react-redux": "^4.4.5",
     "react-router": "^3.0.0",
-    "react-tagsinput": "^3.14.0",
+    "react-tagsinput": "^3.17.0",
     "redux": "^3.6.0",
     "redux-mock-store": "^1.2.1",
     "redux-thunk": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/views/admin.ejs b/views/admin.ejs
index 4ef4112da..54c666395 100644
--- a/views/admin.ejs
+++ b/views/admin.ejs
@@ -33,58 +33,6 @@
       #root > div {
         height: 100%;
       }
-
-      /* putting this here until I can get webpack to behave */
-      .react-tagsinput {
-        background-color: #fff;
-        border: 1px solid #ccc;
-        overflow: hidden;
-        padding-left: 5px;
-        padding-top: 5px;
-      }
-
-      .react-tagsinput--focused {
-        border-color: rgb(142, 76, 65);
-      }
-
-      .react-tagsinput-tag {
-        background-color: rgb(255, 220, 214);
-        border-radius: 2px;
-        border: 1px solid rgb(244, 126, 107);
-        color: rgb(244, 126, 107);
-        display: inline-block;
-        font-family: sans-serif;
-        font-size: 13px;
-        font-weight: 400;
-        margin-bottom: 5px;
-        margin-right: 5px;
-        padding: 5px;
-      }
-
-      .react-tagsinput-remove {
-        cursor: pointer;
-        font-weight: bold;
-        color: rgb(101, 24, 23);
-      }
-
-      .react-tagsinput-tag a::before {
-        content: " ×";
-      }
-
-      .react-tagsinput-input {
-        background: transparent;
-        border: 0;
-        color: #777;
-        font-family: sans-serif;
-        font-size: 13px;
-        font-weight: 400;
-        margin-bottom: 6px;
-        margin-top: 1px;
-        outline: none;
-        padding: 5px;
-        width: 90px;
-      }
-
     </style>
     <% if (data != null) { %>
       <script id="data" type="application/json"><%- JSON.stringify(data) %></script>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index df7efdaf8..6e8776e08 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ create-hmac@^1.1.0, create-hmac@^1.1.2:
     create-hash "^1.1.0"
     inherits "^2.0.1"
 
-create-react-class@^15.5.1:
+create-react-class@^15.5.1, create-react-class@^15.5.2:
   version "15.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/create-react-class/-/create-react-class-15.5.2.tgz#6a8758348df660b88326a0e764d569f274aad681"
   dependencies:
@@ -6878,6 +6878,13 @@ react-highlight-words@^0.6.0:
   dependencies:
     highlight-words-core "^1.0.2"
 
+react-input-autosize@^1.1.4:
+  version "1.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-input-autosize/-/react-input-autosize-1.1.4.tgz#cbc45072d4084ddc57806db8e3b34e644b8366ac"
+  dependencies:
+    create-react-class "^15.5.2"
+    prop-types "^15.5.8"
+
 react-linkify@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-linkify/-/react-linkify-0.1.3.tgz#6e886180bda6c8fdc5f9f8a7ebe82fc0f48db7ad"
@@ -6931,9 +6938,9 @@ react-router@^3.0.0:
     prop-types "^15.5.6"
     warning "^3.0.0"
 
-react-tagsinput@^3.14.0:
-  version "3.16.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-tagsinput/-/react-tagsinput-3.16.1.tgz#dfb3bcbe5fc4430f60c145716c17cdc2613ce117"
+react-tagsinput@^3.17.0:
+  version "3.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-tagsinput/-/react-tagsinput-3.17.0.tgz#d699bc7ff3be3492d5a3d2a57f6976908774fba3"
 
 react-toastify@^1.5.0:
   version "1.5.0"