diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp
index d0f90050f..f4ce104af 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/elastic/graphwidget.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ GraphWidget::GraphWidget(QWidget *)
     setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
     setTransformationAnchor(AnchorUnderMouse);
     setResizeAnchor(AnchorViewCenter);
+    setDragMode(QGraphicsView::ScrollHandDrag);
 	 _friction_factor = 1.0f ;
 
     scale(qreal(0.8), qreal(0.8));