diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java
index 987df41b77..40446f543d 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/HexView.java
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ final class HexView extends JPanel implements CaretListener {
         // status bar
         statusView.setBorder(new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.LOWERED));
         this.add(statusView, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
+        statusView.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(this.getWidth(), 18));
         statusView.setLayout(new BoxLayout(statusView, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
-        statusView.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0,0));
         this.statusLabel = new JLabel("");
         this.statusLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.LEFT);
         statusView.add(this.statusLabel);
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeKeyView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeKeyView.java
index be9f32456f..9f89bc7ca8 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeKeyView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeKeyView.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public final class RejTreeKeyView extends RejTreeNodeView {
         table.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
         table.setCellSelectionEnabled(false);
         table.setRowSelectionAllowed(true);
-        table.setIntercellSpacing(new Dimension(0, 0));
+        table.setIntercellSpacing(new Dimension(10, 1));
 
         // inspiration for packing the columns from:
         //   http://jroller.com/santhosh/entry/packing_jtable_columns
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java
index 5eb0cf0a3a..b33fbc7cd9 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/rejview/RejTreeView.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ final class RejTreeView extends JScrollPane implements TreeExpansionListener, Tr
         this.tree.collapsePath(new TreePath(rootNode.getPath()));
         this.tree.expandPath(new TreePath(rootNode.getPath()));
         setViewportView(this.tree);
-        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0,0));
+        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(350,20));
     }
 
     /**