diff --git a/src/browser.hxx b/src/browser.hxx
index 3a6756e..9763b23 100644
--- a/src/browser.hxx
+++ b/src/browser.hxx
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class Browser: public QMainWindow, protected Ui::Browser {
       _find->add(actionClearFind);
       _find->hide();
       statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(_progress = new QProgressBar());
+      _progress -> setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Preferred);
       QPushButton* btn(0);
       statusBar()->addPermanentWidget
         (btn=new QPushButton(QIcon(":/icons/16x16/butt16_09.png"), ""));