diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
index a1ad38cb1..91fc10696 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatWidget.ui
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ border-image: url(:/images/closepressed.png)
             </property>
             <item>
              <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="typingHLayout">
+              <property name="leftMargin">
+               <number>2</number>
+              </property>
               <item>
                <widget class="QLabel" name="typingPixmapLabel">
                 <property name="minimumSize">
@@ -258,6 +261,9 @@ border-image: url(:/images/closepressed.png)
                 <property name="text">
                  <string notr="true">T</string>
                 </property>
+                <property name="scaledContents">
+                 <bool>true</bool>
+                </property>
                 <property name="alignment">
                  <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
                 </property>