diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp
index 242092b80..37a6ee319 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ void MessagesDialog::fillQuickView()
 
 	for (tag = tags.types.begin(); tag != tags.types.end(); ++tag) {
 		text = TagDefs::name(tag->first, tag->second.first);
-		QPixmap tagpixmap(18,18);
+		QPixmap tagpixmap(16,16);
 		tagpixmap.fill(QColor(tag->second.second));
 
 		item = new QListWidgetItem (text, ui.quickViewWidget);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui
index 0f4ef4b79..183396a2c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
                   <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
                  </property>
                  <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="quickViewFrameHLayout">
+                  <property name="leftMargin">
+                   <number>3</number>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="topMargin">
                    <number>3</number>
                   </property>