2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_input/emoji_input.js b/src/components/emoji_input/emoji_input.js
index f4c3479c..7974a66d 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_input/emoji_input.js
+++ b/src/components/emoji_input/emoji_input.js
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ const EmojiInput = {
       const offsetBottom = offsetTop + offsetHeight
 
       panel.style.top = offsetBottom + 'px'
+      if (!picker) return
       picker.$el.style.top = offsetBottom + 'px'
       picker.$el.style.bottom = 'auto'
     }
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js b/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js
index 15a71eff..8330345b 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js
+++ b/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { debounce } from 'lodash'
 
 const debounceUserSearch = debounce((data, input) => {
   data.updateUsersList(input)
-}, 500, { leading: true, trailing: false })
+}, 500)
 
 export default data => input => {
   const firstChar = input[0]
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export const suggestUsers = data => input => {
     replacement: '@' + screen_name + ' '
   }))
 
-  // BE search users if there are no matches
-  if (newUsers.length === 0 && data.updateUsersList) {
+  // BE search users to get more comprehensive results
+  if (data.updateUsersList) {
     debounceUserSearch(data, noPrefix)
   }
   return newUsers