diff --git a/app/views/users/_user_programing_attr.html.erb b/app/views/users/_user_programing_attr.html.erb
index d819ab59f..cc9ed5cdc 100644
--- a/app/views/users/_user_programing_attr.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/_user_programing_attr.html.erb
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
             }
             if (inputs.length == outputs.length) {
                 for (var i=0; i<inputs.length; i++) {
-                    autoTextarea2(inputs[i], outputs[i]);
-                    autoTextarea2(outputs[i], inputs[i]);
+                    autoTextarea2(inputs[i], outputs[i], 0, 140);
+                    autoTextarea2(outputs[i], inputs[i], 0, 140);
                 }
             }
             $(inputs[inputs.length - 1]).focus();
@@ -61,7 +61,16 @@
     <% if !edit_mode %>
         var text = document.getElementById("textarea_input_test");
         var text2 = document.getElementById("textarea_output_test");
-        autoTextarea2(text,text2);
-        autoTextarea2(text2,text);
+        autoTextarea2(text,text2, 0, 140);
+        autoTextarea2(text2,text, 0, 140);
+    <% else %>
+        var inputs = document.getElementsByName("program[input][]");
+        var outputs = document.getElementsByName("program[output][]");
+        if (inputs.length == outputs.length) {
+            for (var i=0; i<inputs.length; i++) {
+                autoTextarea2(inputs[i], outputs[i], 0, 140);
+                autoTextarea2(outputs[i], inputs[i], 0, 140);
+            }
+        }
     <% end %>
 </script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/javascripts/course.js b/public/javascripts/course.js
index 779b8805c..d9b1226c6 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/course.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/course.js
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ var autoTextarea2 = function (elem,elem2, extra, maxHeight) {
         } : function (name) {
             return getComputedStyle(elem, null)[name];
         },
-        minHeight = parseFloat(getFirstStyle('height'))
+        minHeight = parseFloat(getFirstStyle('height'));
 
     elem.style.resize = 'none';
     elem2.style.resize = 'none';
@@ -1474,8 +1474,6 @@ var autoTextarea2 = function (elem,elem2, extra, maxHeight) {
                 style2.overflowY = 'auto';
             } else {
                 height = elem.scrollHeight - padding;
-                style.overflowY = 'hidden';
-                style2.overflowY = 'hidden';
             };
             style.height = height + extra + 'px';
             style2.height = height + extra + 'px';
@@ -1491,8 +1489,6 @@ var autoTextarea2 = function (elem,elem2, extra, maxHeight) {
                 style2.overflowY = 'auto';
             } else {
                 height = elem2.scrollHeight - padding;
-                style.overflowY = 'hidden';
-                style2.overflowY = 'hidden';
             };
             style.height = height + extra + 'px';
             style2.height = height + extra + 'px';
diff --git a/public/javascripts/new_user.js b/public/javascripts/new_user.js
index 916481818..600662ab1 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/new_user.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/new_user.js
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ var autoTextarea2 = function (elem,elem2, extra, maxHeight) {
         } : function (name) {
             return getComputedStyle(elem, null)[name];
         },
-        minHeight = parseFloat(getFirstStyle('height'))
+        minHeight = parseFloat(getFirstStyle('height'));
 
     elem.style.resize = 'none';
     elem2.style.resize = 'none';
@@ -660,8 +660,6 @@ var autoTextarea2 = function (elem,elem2, extra, maxHeight) {
                 style2.overflowY = 'auto';
             } else {
                 height = elem.scrollHeight - padding;
-                style.overflowY = 'hidden';
-                style2.overflowY = 'hidden';
             };
             style.height = height + extra + 'px';
             style2.height = height + extra + 'px';
@@ -677,8 +675,6 @@ var autoTextarea2 = function (elem,elem2, extra, maxHeight) {
                 style2.overflowY = 'auto';
             } else {
                 height = elem2.scrollHeight - padding;
-                style.overflowY = 'hidden';
-                style2.overflowY = 'hidden';
             };
             style.height = height + extra + 'px';
             style2.height = height + extra + 'px';