diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 0eb5b69c9..69ba1494e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1642,6 +1642,8 @@ void MainWindow::settingsChanged()
 	ui->toolBarAction->setIconSize(QSize(toolSize,toolSize));
 	int itemSize = Settings->getListItemIconSize();
 	ui->listWidget->setIconSize(QSize(itemSize,itemSize));
+
+	updateFontSize();
 }
 
 void MainWindow::externalLinkActivated(const QUrl &url)
@@ -1821,13 +1823,6 @@ void MainWindow::setCompactStatusMode(bool compact)
 	//opModeStatus: TODO Show only ???
 }
 
-void MainWindow::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
-{
-    if (!event->spontaneous()) {
-        updateFontSize();
-    }
-}
-
 void MainWindow::updateFontSize()
 {
 #if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
@@ -1841,7 +1836,6 @@ void MainWindow::updateFontSize()
         QFontMetricsF fontMetrics(newFont);
         int iconHeight = fontMetrics.height()*1.5;
         ui->listWidget->setFont(newFont);
-        ui->toolBarPage->setFont(newFont);
         ui->listWidget->setIconSize(QSize(iconHeight, iconHeight));
     }
 }
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h
index 99219de42..56745d7d6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.h
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ public:
 
     static bool hiddenmode;
 
-	virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent *) ;
-
 public slots:
     void receiveNewArgs(QStringList args);
     void displayErrorMessage(int,int,const QString&) ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
index 72b2a4bf7..c471649cb 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
@@ -376,4 +376,6 @@ void AppearancePage::updateFontSize()
 	Settings->beginGroup(QString("File"));
 	Settings->setValue("MinimumFontSize", ui.minimumFontSize_SB->value());
 	Settings->endGroup();
+	
+	NotifyQt::getInstance()->notifySettingsChanged();
 }
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