diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui
index fdcf155c5b..9c739bc01f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/ProgressViewUi.ui
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="0" >
-    <widget class="QTextEdit" name="outTE" />
+    <widget class="QTextEdit" name="outTE" >
+     <property name="sizePolicy" >
+      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Ignored" hsizetype="Expanding" >
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>