diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
index 68da78247..9012f05c0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ MessagesDialog::MessagesDialog(QWidget *parent)
 
     mFont = QFont("Arial", 10, QFont::Bold);
     ui.subjectText->setFont(mFont);
+    
+    ui.filterPatternLineEdit->setMinimumWidth(20);
 
     //setting default filter by column as subject
     proxyModel->setFilterKeyColumn(FilterColumnFromComboBox(ui.filterColumnComboBox->currentIndex()));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp
index d7565e2f0..1c48f0767 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ NetworkDialog::NetworkDialog(QWidget *parent)
 
     ui.networkTab->addTab(new TrustView(),QString(tr("Authentication matrix")));
     ui.networkTab->addTab(networkview = new NetworkView(),QString(tr("Network View")));
+    
+    ui.showUnvalidKeys->setMinimumWidth(20);
      
     QString version = "-";
     std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator vit;