diff --git a/src/components/modal/mute/modal.jsx b/src/components/modal/mute/modal.jsx
index d1af75cd5..44936168b 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/mute/modal.jsx
+++ b/src/components/modal/mute/modal.jsx
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ const Button = require('../../forms/button.jsx');
 const Progression = require('../../progression/progression.jsx');
 const FlexRow = require('../../flex-row/flex-row.jsx');
 const MuteStep = require('./mute-step.jsx');
-const Formsy = require('formsy-react').default;
-const InplaceInput = require('../../../components/forms/inplace-input.jsx');
+import {Formik} from 'formik';
+const FormikInput = require('../../../components/formik-forms/formik-input.jsx');
 const classNames = require('classnames');
 require('./modal.scss');
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const steps = {
     FEEDBACK_SENT: 4
 };
 
-const onUpdate = update => update;
+const MAX_FEEDBACK_LENGTH = 500;
 
 class MuteModal extends React.Component {
     constructor (props) {
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ class MuteModal extends React.Component {
             'handlePrevious',
             'handleGoToFeedback',
             'handleFeedbackInput',
-            'handleFeedbackSubmit'
+            'handleFeedbackSubmit',
+            'handleSetFeedbackRef',
+            'validateFeedback'
         ]);
         this.numSteps = 2;
         if (this.props.showWarning) {
@@ -63,16 +65,34 @@ class MuteModal extends React.Component {
     }
 
     handleFeedbackSubmit () {
-        console.log(this.state.feedback);
+        const noError = !this.validateFeedback(this.state.feedback);
+
+        if (noError) {
+            /* eslint-disable no-console */
+            console.log(this.state.feedback);
+            /* eslint-enable no-console */
+            this.setState({
+                step: steps.FEEDBACK_SENT
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    handleFeedbackInput (feedback) {
         this.setState({
-            step: steps.FEEDBACK_SENT
+            feedback: feedback
         });
     }
 
-    handleFeedbackInput (event) {
-        this.setState({
-            feedback: event.target.value,
-        });
+    handleSetFeedbackRef (feedbackInputRef) {
+        this.feedbackInput = feedbackInputRef;
+    }
+
+    validateFeedback (feedback) {
+        if (feedback.length === 0) {
+            return 'Can\'t be empty';
+        }
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     render () {
@@ -155,19 +175,53 @@ class MuteModal extends React.Component {
                             <p className="feedback-text">
                                 <FormattedMessage id="comments.muted.mistakeInstructions" />
                             </p>
-                            <Formsy className="full-width-form">
-                                <InplaceInput
-                                    className={classNames('compose-feedback',
-                                        this.state.feedback.length > 0 ?
-                                            'compose-valid' : 'compose-invalid')}
-                                    handleUpdate={onUpdate}
-                                    name="compose-feedback"
-                                    rows="5"
-                                    type="textarea"
-                                    value={this.state.feedback}
-                                    onInput={this.handleFeedbackInput}
-                                />
-                            </Formsy>
+                            <Formik
+                                initialValues={{
+                                    feedback: ''
+                                }}
+                                validate={this.validateFeedback}
+                                validateOnBlur={false}
+                                validateOnChange={false}
+                            >
+                                {props => {
+                                    const {
+                                        errors,
+                                        setFieldError,
+                                        setFieldTouched,
+                                        setFieldValue,
+                                        validateField
+                                    } = props;
+                                    return (
+                                        <FormikInput
+                                            autoCapitalize="off"
+                                            autoComplete="off"
+                                            autoCorrect="off"
+                                            className={classNames(
+                                                'compose-feedback',
+                                            )}
+                                            component="textarea"
+                                            error={errors.feedback}
+                                            id="feedback"
+                                            maxLength={MAX_FEEDBACK_LENGTH}
+                                            name="feedback"
+                                            rows={5}
+                                            type="text"
+                                            validate={this.validateFeedback}
+                                            validationClassName="validation-full-width-input"
+                                            /* eslint-disable react/jsx-no-bind */
+                                            onBlur={() => validateField('feedback')}
+                                            onChange={e => {
+                                                setFieldValue('feedback', e.target.value);
+                                                setFieldTouched('feedback');
+                                                setFieldError('feedback', null);
+                                                this.handleFeedbackInput(e.target.value);
+                                            }}
+                                            /* eslint-enable react/jsx-no-bind */
+                                            onSetRef={this.handleSetFeedbackRef}
+                                        />
+                                    );
+                                }}
+                            </Formik>
                             <div className="character-limit">
                                 <FormattedMessage id="comments.muted.characterLimit" />
                             </div>
diff --git a/src/components/modal/mute/modal.scss b/src/components/modal/mute/modal.scss
index 60c2d080d..f8e25733d 100644
--- a/src/components/modal/mute/modal.scss
+++ b/src/components/modal/mute/modal.scss
@@ -87,14 +87,24 @@
 
     .feedback-text {
         text-align: center;
+        max-width: 360px;
     }
 
-    .full-width-form {
+    textarea, .row-with-tooltip {
         height: 180px;
         width: 100%;
     }
 
+    textarea {
+        padding: 16px;
+    }
+
     .character-limit {
         font-size: .75rem;
     }
+
+    .validation-message {
+        top: 30%;
+        margin-left: 4rem;
+    }
 }