diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.cpp
index f1cbaad53..74e0b3779 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ WelcomeWidget::WelcomeWidget( QWidget* parent )
     ui->tracksView->setPlaylistModel( m_tracksModel );
     m_tracksModel->setSource( source_ptr() );
 
+    QFont f;
+    f.setPointSize( 11 );
+    f.setBold( true );
+    QFontMetrics fm( f );
+    ui->tracksView->setMinimumWidth( fm.width( tr("Recently played tracks") ) );
+
     m_recentAlbumsModel = new AlbumModel( ui->additionsView );
     ui->additionsView->setPlayableModel( m_recentAlbumsModel );
     ui->additionsView->proxyModel()->sort( -1 );
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.ui b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.ui
index e91e39612..f420a1a96 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.ui
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/WelcomeWidget.ui
@@ -72,14 +72,7 @@
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="PlaylistView" name="tracksView">
-         <property name="minimumSize">
-          <size>
-           <width>320</width>
-           <height>0</height>
-          </size>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
+        <widget class="PlaylistView" name="tracksView"/>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
diff --git a/src/sourcetree/SourceDelegate.cpp b/src/sourcetree/SourceDelegate.cpp
index 564c172ce..c8f951e70 100644
--- a/src/sourcetree/SourceDelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/sourcetree/SourceDelegate.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ SourceDelegate::paint( QPainter* painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem& option, co
 
         QFont font = painter->font();
 
-        font.setPointSize( 10 );
+        font.setPointSize( 8 );
         painter->setFont( font );
         QFont fontBold = painter->font();
         fontBold.setBold( true );
diff --git a/src/sourcetree/SourceTreeView.cpp b/src/sourcetree/SourceTreeView.cpp
index 55a97a338..354a9885c 100644
--- a/src/sourcetree/SourceTreeView.cpp
+++ b/src/sourcetree/SourceTreeView.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ SourceTreeView::SourceTreeView( QWidget* parent )
     setFrameShape( QFrame::NoFrame );
     setAttribute( Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect, 0 );
     setContentsMargins( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
-    setMinimumWidth( 220 );
+
+    QFont dummyFont;
+    dummyFont.setPointSize( 10 );
+    QFontMetrics fm( dummyFont );
+    // This is sort of the longest string in there. With translations
+    // we will never get it right so setting it to something reasonable for the average case
+    setMinimumWidth( fm.width( "Track Album Artist Local Top10") );
 
     setHeaderHidden( true );
     setRootIsDecorated( true );