diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
index 5939a4290..9ee25d14d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
@@ -1594,11 +1594,14 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
                     </font>
                    </property>
                    <property name="layoutDirection">
-                    <enum>Qt::RightToLeft</enum>
+                    <enum>Qt::LeftToRight</enum>
                    </property>
                    <property name="text">
                     <string/>
                    </property>
+                   <property name="alignment">
+                    <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+                   </property>
                    <property name="textInteractionFlags">
                     <set>Qt::LinksAccessibleByMouse|Qt::TextSelectableByMouse</set>
                    </property>