diff --git a/widget/chatareawidget.cpp b/widget/chatareawidget.cpp
index a2c1d6384..c743574fa 100644
--- a/widget/chatareawidget.cpp
+++ b/widget/chatareawidget.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDebug>
 
-ChatAreaWidget::ChatAreaWidget(QWidget *parent) :
-    QTextBrowser(parent)
+ChatAreaWidget::ChatAreaWidget(QWidget *parent)
+    : QTextBrowser(parent)
+    , nameWidth(75)
 {
     setReadOnly(true);
     viewport()->setCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ ChatAreaWidget::ChatAreaWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     QTextTableFormat tableFormat;
     tableFormat.setCellSpacing(15);
     tableFormat.setBorderStyle(QTextFrameFormat::BorderStyle_None);
-    tableFormat.setColumnWidthConstraints({QTextLength(QTextLength::VariableLength,0),
+    tableFormat.setColumnWidthConstraints({QTextLength(QTextLength::FixedLength,nameWidth),
                                            QTextLength(QTextLength::PercentageLength,100),
                                            QTextLength(QTextLength::VariableLength,0)});
 
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ ChatAreaWidget::ChatAreaWidget(QWidget *parent) :
     dateFormat.setAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft);
     dateFormat.setNonBreakableLines(true);
 
-
     connect(this, &ChatAreaWidget::anchorClicked, this, &ChatAreaWidget::onAnchorClicked);
     connect(verticalScrollBar(), SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)), this, SLOT(onSliderRangeChanged()));
 }
diff --git a/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp b/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp
index 2abdd0def..a7bcb5e2b 100644
--- a/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp
+++ b/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ void GenericChatForm::addMessage(QString author, QString message, QDateTime date
 
     if (previousName == author)
         chatWidget->insertMessage(new MessageAction("", message, date, isMe));
-    else chatWidget->insertMessage(new MessageAction(getElidedName(author) , message, date, isMe));
+    else
+        chatWidget->insertMessage(new MessageAction(getElidedName(author) , message, date, isMe));
+
     previousName = author;
 }