diff --git a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
index 556cb592..5f2b80ee 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/create.js.erb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * This javascript is returned and executed when you create a new node.
  */
 $('#new_topic').fadeOut('fast');
-$('#topic_name').autocomplete('disable');
 $('#topic_name').attr('value','');
+$('#topic_name').autocomplete('disable');
 $('#topic_grabTopic').attr('value','null');
 $('#topic_addSynapse').attr('value','false');