diff --git a/js/src/modals/AddContract/addContract.js b/js/src/modals/AddContract/addContract.js
index 57773d2dc85..4c73d3da01d 100644
--- a/js/src/modals/AddContract/addContract.js
+++ b/js/src/modals/AddContract/addContract.js
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ export default class AddContract extends Component {
   onEditAbi = (abiIn) => {
     const { api } = this.context;
     const { abi, abiError, abiParsed } = validateAbi(abiIn, api);
+
     this.setState({ abi, abiError, abiParsed });
   }
 
diff --git a/js/src/ui/Form/Input/input.js b/js/src/ui/Form/Input/input.js
index e99b4ae6bf1..47d0dde9030 100644
--- a/js/src/ui/Form/Input/input.js
+++ b/js/src/ui/Form/Input/input.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
 import { TextField } from 'material-ui';
+import { noop } from 'lodash';
 
 import CopyToClipboard from '../../CopyToClipboard';
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export default class Input extends Component {
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps (newProps) {
-    if (newProps.value !== this.props.value) {
+    if ((newProps.value !== this.props.value) && (newProps.value !== this.state.value)) {
       this.setValue(newProps.value);
     }
   }
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export default class Input extends Component {
           onBlur={ this.onBlur }
           onChange={ this.onChange }
           onKeyDown={ this.onKeyDown }
+          onPaste={ this.onPaste }
           inputStyle={ inputStyle }
           min={ min }
           max={ max }
@@ -180,9 +182,9 @@ export default class Input extends Component {
   }
 
   onChange = (event, value) => {
-    this.setValue(value);
-
-    this.props.onChange && this.props.onChange(event, value);
+    this.setValue(value, () => {
+      this.props.onChange && this.props.onChange(event, value);
+    });
   }
 
   onBlur = (event) => {
@@ -196,6 +198,14 @@ export default class Input extends Component {
     this.props.onBlur && this.props.onBlur(event);
   }
 
+  onPaste = (event) => {
+    const value = event.clipboardData.getData('Text');
+
+    window.setTimeout(() => {
+      this.onSubmit(value);
+    }, 0);
+  }
+
   onKeyDown = (event) => {
     const { value } = event.target;
 
@@ -209,12 +219,12 @@ export default class Input extends Component {
   }
 
   onSubmit = (value) => {
-    this.setValue(value);
-
-    this.props.onSubmit && this.props.onSubmit(value);
+    this.setValue(value, () => {
+      this.props.onSubmit && this.props.onSubmit(value);
+    });
   }
 
-  setValue (value) {
-    this.setState({ value });
+  setValue (value, cb = noop) {
+    this.setState({ value }, cb);
   }
 }