diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.cpp
index 70c3c9ee6..57e211da0 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CModelMatcherLogComponent::ps_callsignEntered()
         {
-            if (!sGui || !ui->cb_LogReverseLookup->isChecked()) { return; }
+            if (!sGui || !sGui->getIContextNetwork()) { return; }
             static const CPropertyIndexList properties({ CPropertyIndex::GlobalIndexLineNumber, CStatusMessage::IndexMessage });
             const CCallsign cs(ui->le_Callsign->text().trimmed().toUpper());
             const CStatusMessageList msgs = sGui->getIContextNetwork()->getReverseLookupMessages(cs);
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.ui b/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.ui
index 689b29a6d..2a48ae339 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/modelmatcherlogcomponent.ui
@@ -40,7 +40,19 @@
      <property name="frameShadow">
       <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
      </property>
-     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gl_MatcherSelection">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>2</number>
+      </property>
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="QLineEdit" name="le_Callsign"/>
       </item>
@@ -53,8 +65,11 @@
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="2">
        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cb_LogReverseLookup">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>enable logging of reverse lookup messages</string>
+        </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>reverse lookup</string>
+         <string>enable rev. lookup msgs</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>