diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
index a00dd8f66..b55e7dfda 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void ChatWidget::setDefaultExtraFileFlags(TransferRequestFlags fl)
 
 void ChatWidget::addChatBarWidget(QWidget *w)
 {
-	ui->toolBarFrame->layout()->addWidget(w) ;
+	ui->pluginButtonFrame->layout()->addWidget(w) ;
 }
 
 void ChatWidget::init(const std::string &peerId, const QString &title)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
index 5fc783656..b38536149 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
@@ -598,6 +598,21 @@ border-image: url(:/images/closepressed.png)
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QFrame" name="pluginButtonFrame">
+        <property name="frameShape">
+         <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="frameShadow">
+         <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
+        </property>
+        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
+         <property name="margin">
+          <number>2</number>
+         </property>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
       <item>
        <spacer>
         <property name="orientation">