diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChanMsgItem.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChanMsgItem.ui
index 7e45905ab..795c5fa0a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChanMsgItem.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChanMsgItem.ui
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <number>1</number>
    </property>
    <property name="margin">
-    <number>0</number>
+    <number>1</number>
    </property>
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QFrame" name="frame">