diff --git a/resources/views/admin/nodes/view/allocation.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/nodes/view/allocation.blade.php
index 396428b61b..f6d8137c1e 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/nodes/view/allocation.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/nodes/view/allocation.blade.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     $('#pAllocationIP').select2({
         tags: true,
         maximumSelectionLength: 1,
-        selectOnClose: true,
+        selectOnClose: false,
         tokenSeparators: [',', ' '],
     });