diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.ui
index d3e0a14a5..46a6e4314 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/GroupTreeWidget.ui
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
     <height>257</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
+  <property name="sizePolicy">
+   <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+    <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+    <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+   </sizepolicy>
+  </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <property name="spacing">
     <number>2</number>