diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp
index 2aeb31e1f..7c4bc62da 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h"
 
 const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT = 5.0;
-const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::FONT_SCALE_FACTOR = 2.0;
+const float ChannelPostThumbnailView::FONT_SCALE_FACTOR = 1.5;
 
 ChannelPostThumbnailView::ChannelPostThumbnailView(const RsGxsChannelPost& post,uint32_t flags,QWidget *parent)
         : QWidget(parent),mPostTitle(nullptr),mFlags(flags), mAspectRatio(ASPECT_RATIO_2_3)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void ChannelPostThumbnailView::init(const RsGxsChannelPost& post)
         if(mFlags & ChannelPostThumbnailView::FLAG_SCALE_FONT)
             font.setPointSizeF(FONT_SCALE_FACTOR * DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT / 5.0 * font.pointSizeF());
         else
-            font.setPointSizeF(FONT_SCALE_FACTOR * DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT / 5.0 * font.pointSizeF());
+            font.setPointSizeF(DEFAULT_SIZE_IN_FONT_HEIGHT / 5.0 * font.pointSizeF());
 
         if(is_msg_new)
             font.setBold(true);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h
index b7a68e19f..b231fbe0a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostThumbnail.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
     static constexpr char *CHAN_DEFAULT_IMAGE = ":images/thumb-default-video.png";
 
     virtual ~ChannelPostThumbnailView();
-    ChannelPostThumbnailView(QWidget *parent=NULL,uint32_t flags=FLAG_ALLOW_PAN | FLAG_SHOW_TEXT);
+    ChannelPostThumbnailView(QWidget *parent=NULL,uint32_t flags=FLAG_ALLOW_PAN | FLAG_SHOW_TEXT | FLAG_SCALE_FONT);
     ChannelPostThumbnailView(const RsGxsChannelPost& post,uint32_t flags,QWidget *parent=NULL);
 
     void init(const RsGxsChannelPost& post);