diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainPage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainPage.cpp
index 3ccc58ed3..0eefd45e9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainPage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainPage.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <QToolButton>
+
 #include <retroshare-gui/mainpage.h>
 #include "common/FloatingHelpBrowser.h"
 
@@ -9,12 +11,13 @@ MainPage::MainPage(QWidget *parent , Qt::WindowFlags flags ) : QWidget(parent, f
 	mHelp = "";
 }
 
-void MainPage::registerHelpButton(QAbstractButton *button,const QString& help_html_txt)
+void MainPage::registerHelpButton(QToolButton *button,const QString& help_html_txt)
 {
 	if (mHelpBrowser == NULL)
-	{
 		mHelpBrowser = new FloatingHelpBrowser(this, button) ;
-	}
+	
+	float S = QFontMetricsF(button->font()).height() ;
+	button->setIconSize(QSize(S,S)) ;
 
 	mHelpBrowser->setHelpText(help_html_txt) ;
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui/mainpage.h b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui/mainpage.h
index 064fc2210..e87e9836f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui/mainpage.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/retroshare-gui/mainpage.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 class UserNotify;
 class QAbstractButton ;
 class FloatingHelpBrowser;
+class QToolButton;
 
 class MainPage : public QWidget
 {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public:
 		// Overload this to add some help info  to the page. The way the info is 
 		// shown is handled by showHelp() below;
 	//
-	void registerHelpButton(QAbstractButton *button, const QString& help_html_text) ;
+	void registerHelpButton(QToolButton *button, const QString& help_html_text) ;
 
 private:
 	FloatingHelpBrowser *mHelpBrowser ;