diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/datatypes/create.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/datatypes/create.html
index 4875e4b1ea..b50e1bba98 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/datatypes/create.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/datatypes/create.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
               val-form-manager>
 
             <umb-control-group label="Enter a folder name" hide-label="false">
-                <input type="text" name="folderName" ng-model="model.folderName" class="umb-textstring textstring input-block-level" required />
+                <input type="text" name="folderName" ng-model="model.folderName" class="umb-textstring textstring input-block-level" required autofocus />
             </umb-control-group>
 
             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary"><localize key="general_create">Create</localize></button>