diff --git a/src/gtkgui.glade b/src/gtkgui.glade
index a310c78dd..618272a95 100644
--- a/src/gtkgui.glade
+++ b/src/gtkgui.glade
@@ -8586,11 +8586,11 @@ Custom</property>
 				  <property name="justification">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>
 				  <property name="wrap_mode">GTK_WRAP_WORD</property>
 				  <property name="cursor_visible">False</property>
-				  <property name="pixels_above_lines">0</property>
-				  <property name="pixels_below_lines">0</property>
+				  <property name="pixels_above_lines">2</property>
+				  <property name="pixels_below_lines">2</property>
 				  <property name="pixels_inside_wrap">0</property>
-				  <property name="left_margin">1</property>
-				  <property name="right_margin">1</property>
+				  <property name="left_margin">2</property>
+				  <property name="right_margin">2</property>
 				  <property name="indent">0</property>
 				  <property name="text" translatable="yes"></property>
 				  <signal name="motion_notify_event" handler="on_conversation_textview_motion_notify_event" last_modification_time="Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:59:33 GMT"/>
@@ -10091,11 +10091,11 @@ Status message</property>
 		      <property name="justification">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>
 		      <property name="wrap_mode">GTK_WRAP_WORD</property>
 		      <property name="cursor_visible">False</property>
-		      <property name="pixels_above_lines">0</property>
-		      <property name="pixels_below_lines">0</property>
+		      <property name="pixels_above_lines">2</property>
+		      <property name="pixels_below_lines">2</property>
 		      <property name="pixels_inside_wrap">0</property>
-		      <property name="left_margin">1</property>
-		      <property name="right_margin">1</property>
+		      <property name="left_margin">2</property>
+		      <property name="right_margin">2</property>
 		      <property name="indent">0</property>
 		      <property name="text" translatable="yes"></property>
 		      <signal name="motion_notify_event" handler="on_conversation_textview_motion_notify_event" last_modification_time="Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:07:43 GMT"/>