diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp
index c14d21024..4c1715a39 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ QVariant GxsIdRSTreeWidgetItem::data(int column, int role) const
 
 			QString embeddedImage;
 
-			if ( RsHtml::makeEmbeddedImage( pix.scaled(QSize(4*S,4*S), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation ).toImage(), embeddedImage, 8*S * 8*S ) )
+			if ( RsHtml::makeEmbeddedImage( pix.scaled(QSize(5*S,5*S), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation ).toImage(), embeddedImage, -1 ) )
 			{
 				embeddedImage.insert(embeddedImage.indexOf("src="), "style=\"float:left\" ");
 				t = "<table><tr><td>" + embeddedImage + "</td><td>" + t + "</td></table>";
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
index 2f22067eb..07d44ca1b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumModel.cpp
@@ -563,10 +563,10 @@ QVariant RsGxsForumModel::toolTipRole(const ForumModelPostEntry& fmpe,int column
 			return QVariant();
 
 		int S = QFontMetricsF(QApplication::font()).height();
-		QImage pix( (*icons.begin()).pixmap(QSize(4*S,4*S)).toImage());
+		QImage pix( (*icons.begin()).pixmap(QSize(5*S,5*S)).toImage());
 
 		QString embeddedImage;
-		if(RsHtml::makeEmbeddedImage(pix.scaled(QSize(4*S,4*S), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation), embeddedImage, 8*S * 8*S))
+		if(RsHtml::makeEmbeddedImage(pix.scaled(QSize(5*S,5*S), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation), embeddedImage, -1))
 		{
 			embeddedImage.insert(embeddedImage.indexOf("src="), "style=\"float:left\" ");
 			comment = "<table><tr><td>" + embeddedImage + "</td><td>" + comment + "</td></table>";
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
index c71609ca4..5196764a3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageModel.cpp
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ QVariant RsMessageModel::toolTipRole(const Rs::Msgs::MsgInfoSummary& fmpe,int co
 			return QVariant();
 
 		int S = QFontMetricsF(QApplication::font()).height();
-		QImage pix( (*icons.begin()).pixmap(QSize(4*S,4*S)).toImage());
+		QImage pix( (*icons.begin()).pixmap(QSize(5*S,5*S)).toImage());
 
 		QString embeddedImage;
-		if(RsHtml::makeEmbeddedImage(pix.scaled(QSize(4*S,4*S), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation), embeddedImage, 8*S * 8*S))
+		if(RsHtml::makeEmbeddedImage(pix.scaled(QSize(5*S,5*S), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation), embeddedImage, -1))
 		{
 			embeddedImage.insert(embeddedImage.indexOf("src="), "style=\"float:left\" ");
 			comment = "<table><tr><td>" + embeddedImage + "</td><td>" + comment + "</td></table>";