diff --git a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
index 8bac8ad..4c4d34c 100644
--- a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
+++ b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ - (void)awakeFromNib
 - (BOOL)becomeFirstResponder
 {
     [self reloadData];
+    [self inputTextFieldBecomeFirstResponder];
     return YES;
 }
 
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ - (void)collapse
 
 - (void)reloadData
 {
+    BOOL inputFieldShouldBecomeFirstResponder = self.inputTextField.isFirstResponder;
+
     [self.collapsedLabel removeFromSuperview];
     [self.scrollView.subviews makeObjectsPerformSelector:@selector(removeFromSuperview)];
     self.scrollView.hidden = NO;
@@ -132,10 +135,9 @@ - (void)reloadData
     [self.scrollView setContentSize:CGSizeMake(self.scrollView.contentSize.width, currentY + [self heightForToken])];
 
     [self updateInputTextField];
-    [self.inputTextField becomeFirstResponder];
 
-    if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(tokenFieldDidBeginEditing:)]) {
-        [self.delegate tokenFieldDidBeginEditing:self];
+    if (inputFieldShouldBecomeFirstResponder) {
+        [self inputTextFieldBecomeFirstResponder];
     }
 }
 
@@ -254,6 +256,13 @@ - (void)layoutInvisibleTextField
     [self addSubview:self.invisibleTextField];
 }
 
+- (void)inputTextFieldBecomeFirstResponder
+{
+    [self.inputTextField becomeFirstResponder];
+    if ([self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(tokenFieldDidBeginEditing:)]) {
+        [self.delegate tokenFieldDidBeginEditing:self];
+    }
+}
 
 - (UILabel *)toLabel
 {
@@ -341,7 +350,7 @@ - (void)setCursorVisibility
     }]];
     BOOL visible = [highlightedTokens count] == 0;
     if (visible) {
-        [self.inputTextField becomeFirstResponder];
+        [self inputTextFieldBecomeFirstResponder];
     } else {
         [self.invisibleTextField becomeFirstResponder];
     }
diff --git a/VENTokenFieldSample/ViewController.m b/VENTokenFieldSample/ViewController.m
index d10b1c1..b50205d 100644
--- a/VENTokenFieldSample/ViewController.m
+++ b/VENTokenFieldSample/ViewController.m
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ - (void)viewDidLoad
     self.tokenField.dataSource = self;
     self.tokenField.placeholderText = NSLocalizedString(@"Enter names here", nil);
     [self.tokenField setColorScheme:[UIColor colorWithRed:61/255.0f green:149/255.0f blue:206/255.0f alpha:1.0f]];
+    [self.tokenField becomeFirstResponder];
 }
 
 - (IBAction)didTapCollapseButton:(id)sender