diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.cpp
index 59139d21e..87507b67c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.cpp
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ void  MessengerWindow::insertPeers()
 
         gpg_item -> setTextAlignment(COLUMN_NAME, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter );
 
-        gpg_item -> setSizeHint(COLUMN_NAME,  QSize( 34,34 ) );
+        gpg_item -> setSizeHint(COLUMN_NAME,  QSize( 40,40 ) );
 
         /* not displayed, used to find back the item */
         gpg_item -> setData(COLUMN_DATA, ROLE_ID, QString::fromStdString(detail.id));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui
index 52f7801be..96a143e63 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessengerWindow.ui
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
          </property>
          <property name="iconSize">
           <size>
-           <width>40</width>
-           <height>40</height>
+           <width>38</width>
+           <height>38</height>
           </size>
          </property>
          <property name="indentation">