diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/SeekSlider.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/SeekSlider.cpp
index 4a41bbc77..32427c5ca 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/widgets/SeekSlider.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/widgets/SeekSlider.cpp
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ SeekSlider::SeekSlider( QWidget* parent )
 {
     setStyleSheet( QString(
                    "QSlider::groove:horizontal {"
-                   "height: 4px; margin: %1px; border: %2px solid rgba(200, 200, 200, 0); background: rgba(200, 200, 200, 40);"
+                   "margin-top: %1px; margin-bottom: %1px; border: %2px solid rgba(200, 200, 200, 0); background: rgba(200, 200, 200, 40);"
 //                   "border-image: url(" RESPATH "images/seek-slider-bkg.png) %2 %2 %2 %2 stretch stretch;"
                    "}"
 
                    "QSlider::sub-page:horizontal {"
-                   "height: 4px; margin: %1px; border: %2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: #ffffff;"
+                   "margin-top: %1px; margin-bottom: %1px; border: %2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background: #ffffff;"
 //                   "border-image: url(" RESPATH "images/seek-slider-level.png) %2 %2 %2 %2 stretch stretch;"
                    "}" )
-                   .arg( 0 /*margin*/)
+                   .arg( scaledX( 7 ) /*margin*/)
                    .arg( 0 /*border*/) +
                    QString(
                    "QSlider::handle:horizontal {"
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.cpp b/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.cpp
index 1d10e4c31..69c86c3f0 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.cpp
+++ b/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ AudioControls::AudioControls( QWidget* parent )
     ui->repeatButton->setFixedSize( scaled( 16, 16 ) );
     ui->volumeLowButton->setFixedSize( scaled( 16, 16 ) );
 
+    ui->seekSlider->setFixedHeight( scaledY( 20 ) );
+    ui->volumeSlider->setFixedHeight( scaledY( 20 ) );
+    ui->timeLabel->setFixedHeight( scaledY( 20 ) );
+    ui->timeLeftLabel->setFixedHeight( scaledY( 20 ) );
+
 //    ui->prevButton->setToolTip( tr( "Previous Track" ) );
 //    ui->nextButton->setToolTip( tr( "Next Track" ) );
     ui->shuffleButton->setToolTip( tr( "Shuffle" ) );
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.ui b/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.ui
index fe9ba21b8..ee4ff2cfa 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.ui
+++ b/src/tomahawk/AudioControls.ui
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
        <item>
         <widget class="QWidget" name="buttonArea" native="true">
          <property name="sizePolicy">
-          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Minimum">
            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
           <string notr="true" extracomment="not translatable because is placeholder text">Time</string>
          </property>
          <property name="alignment">
-          <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+          <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -282,20 +282,11 @@
           <string notr="true" extracomment="not translatable because is placeholder text">Time Left</string>
          </property>
          <property name="alignment">
-          <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+          <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignTop</set>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_5" native="true">
-         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_6">
-          <property name="spacing">
-           <number>2</number>
-          </property>
-          <property name="margin">
-           <number>0</number>
-          </property>
-          <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_6">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -422,9 +413,6 @@
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
            </widget>
-          </item>
-         </layout>
-        </widget>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>