diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 5c9e238b..0b71d5b5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
  *
  *= require_self
  *= require 'strap'
+ *= require 'tweaks'
  */
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/tweaks.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/tweaks.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dcee33cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/tweaks.css
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* fix for the scrollbar on the submit tab */
+textarea#notes
+{
+	 box-sizing: border-box;
+	 -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
+}