diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/FilesDefs.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/FilesDefs.cpp
index b7f0192a4..4d9f9c903 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/FilesDefs.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/FilesDefs.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ QIcon FilesDefs::getIconFromGxsIdCache(const RsGxsId& id,const QIcon& setIcon, b
 	if (setIcon.isNull())
 	{
 		if (id.isNull())
-			return getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/notification.png");
+			return getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/notification.svg");
 
 		auto item = mIconCache.find(id);
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp
index 4c1715a39..97f128447 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsIdTreeWidgetItem.cpp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void GxsIdTreeItemDelegate::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem
 	if(id.isNull())
 	{
 		if (ownOption.icon.isNull())
-			ownOption.icon = FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/notification.png");
+			ownOption.icon = FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/notification.svg");
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc
index d28594130..89c0f83d9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons.qrc
@@ -341,5 +341,6 @@
         <file>icons/wire.png</file>
         <file>icons/wire-circle.png</file>
         <file>icons/folder-account.svg</file>
+        <file>icons/notification.svg</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons/notification.svg b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons/notification.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0cb95ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/icons/notification.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   version="1.1"
+   width="24"
+   height="24"
+   viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+   id="svg4"
+   sodipodi:docname="notification.svg"
+   inkscape:version="1.1.1 (3bf5ae0d25, 2021-09-20)"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs8" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview6"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#666666"
+     borderopacity="1.0"
+     inkscape:pageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     showgrid="false"
+     inkscape:zoom="21.666667"
+     inkscape:cx="12"
+     inkscape:cy="12.023077"
+     inkscape:window-width="1366"
+     inkscape:window-height="705"
+     inkscape:window-x="-8"
+     inkscape:window-y="-8"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="1"
+     inkscape:current-layer="svg4" />
+  <path
+     d="M21,19V20H3V19L5,17V11C5,7.9 7.03,5.17 10,4.29C10,4.19 10,4.1 10,4A2,2 0 0,1 12,2A2,2 0 0,1 14,4C14,4.1 14,4.19 14,4.29C16.97,5.17 19,7.9 19,11V17L21,19M14,21A2,2 0 0,1 12,23A2,2 0 0,1 10,21"
+     id="path2"
+     style="fill:#039bd5;fill-opacity:1" />
+</svg>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp
index d39baf6d5..b2beba606 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ MessagesDialog::MessagesDialog(QWidget *parent)
     /* Set header sizes for the fixed columns and resize modes, must be set after processSettings */
     msgwheader->setStretchLastSection(true);
 
+	QFontMetricsF fontMetrics(ui.messageTreeWidget->font());
+	int iconHeight = fontMetrics.height() * 1.4;
+	ui.messageTreeWidget->setIconSize(QSize(iconHeight, iconHeight));
 
     // fill folder list
     updateMessageSummaryList();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui
index e0bf5c9a0..5f1d83eca 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessagesDialog.ui
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@
               <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
              </property>
              <widget class="RSTreeView" name="messageTreeWidget">
+              <property name="font">
+               <font>
+                <pointsize>10</pointsize>
+               </font>
+              </property>
               <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
                <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
               </property>