diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.ui b/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.ui
index b803b1ffd..b4fd63611 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/maininfoareacomponent.ui
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
   <widget class="BlackGui::CDockWidgetInfoArea" name="dwp_Log">
    <property name="minimumSize">
     <size>
-     <width>91</width>
+     <width>125</width>
      <height>70</height>
     </size>
    </property>
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui
index f95ea8dd2..93c873066 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui
@@ -6,23 +6,32 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>302</width>
-    <height>68</height>
+    <width>324</width>
+    <height>58</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Status message filter</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gl_StatusMessageFilter">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
+    <number>4</number>
+   </property>
    <item row="0" column="1">
     <widget class="QFrame" name="fr_Severity">
-     <property name="frameShape">
-      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="frameShadow">
-      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
-     </property>
      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="hl_Severity">
+      <property name="spacing">
+       <number>3</number>
+      </property>
       <property name="leftMargin">
        <number>0</number>
       </property>
@@ -63,7 +72,20 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="0">
-    <widget class="BlackGui::Filters::CFilterBarButtons" name="filter_Buttons"/>
+    <widget class="BlackGui::Filters::CFilterBarButtons" name="filter_Buttons">
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>50</width>
+       <height>0</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="maximumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>100</width>
+       <height>16777215</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="2">
     <widget class="QLineEdit" name="le_Category">