diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor
index 73d07be2..fb76fe79 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor	
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <MudTextField
     T="string"
     Text="@this.Text()"
-    TextChanged="@this.OptionChanged"
+    TextChanged="@this.InternalUpdate"
     Label="@this.OptionDescription"
     Disabled="@this.Disabled()"
     Class="mb-3"
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
     AdornmentIcon="@this.Icon"
     AdornmentColor="@this.IconColor"
     UserAttributes="@SPELLCHECK_ATTRIBUTES"
-    Lines="1"
-    Immediate="@false"
-    DebounceInterval="500"
+    Lines="@this.NumLines"
+    AutoGrow="@this.AutoGrow"
+    MaxLines="@this.GetMaxLines"
+    Immediate="@true"
     Variant="Variant.Outlined"
 />
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor.cs
index e6cd379e..4e6bb7f9 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ConfigurationText.razor.cs	
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components;
 
+using Timer = System.Timers.Timer;
+
 namespace AIStudio.Components;
 
 public partial class ConfigurationText : ConfigurationBase
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ public partial class ConfigurationText : ConfigurationBase
     public Func<string> Text { get; set; } = () => string.Empty;
     
     /// <summary>
-    /// An action which is called when the option is changed.
+    /// An action which is called when the text was changed.
     /// </summary>
     [Parameter]
     public Action<string> TextUpdate { get; set; } = _ => { };
@@ -27,6 +29,55 @@ public partial class ConfigurationText : ConfigurationBase
     /// </summary>
     [Parameter]
     public Color IconColor { get; set; } = Color.Default;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// How many lines should the textfield have?
+    /// </summary>
+    [Parameter]
+    public int NumLines { get; set; } = 1;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// What is the maximum number of lines?
+    /// </summary>
+    [Parameter]
+    public int MaxLines { get; set; } = 12;
+    
+    private string internalText = string.Empty;
+    private Timer timer = new(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500))
+    {
+        AutoReset = false
+    };
+
+    #region Overrides of ConfigurationBase
+
+    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
+    {
+        this.timer.Elapsed += async (_, _) => await this.InvokeAsync(async () => await this.OptionChanged(this.internalText));
+        await base.OnInitializedAsync();
+    }
+
+    #region Overrides of ComponentBase
+
+    protected override async Task OnParametersSetAsync()
+    {
+        this.internalText = this.Text();
+        await base.OnParametersSetAsync();
+    }
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #endregion
+
+    private bool AutoGrow => this.NumLines > 1;
+    
+    private int GetMaxLines => this.AutoGrow ? this.MaxLines : 1;
+
+    private void InternalUpdate(string text)
+    {
+        this.timer.Stop();
+        this.internalText = text;
+        this.timer.Start();
+    }
     
     private async Task OptionChanged(string updatedText)
     {
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.12.md b/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.12.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2837560d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v0.9.12.md	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# v0.9.12, build 187 (2024-09-xx xx:xx UTC)
+
+- Refactored the `ConfigurationText` component to debounce the input field to prevent unnecessary configuration updates. The component now also supports multiline text.
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