diff --git a/src/apps/mediaconverter/MediaConverterWindow.cpp b/src/apps/mediaconverter/MediaConverterWindow.cpp
index be26d4b081..a06f5d5508 100644
--- a/src/apps/mediaconverter/MediaConverterWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/mediaconverter/MediaConverterWindow.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,10 @@ MediaConverterWindow::MediaConverterWindow(BRect frame)
 	fMenuBar = new BMenuBar("menubar");
 	_CreateMenu();
 
+	float padding = be_control_look->DefaultItemSpacing();
+
 	fListView = new MediaFileListView();
-	fListView->SetExplicitMinSize(BSize(100, B_SIZE_UNSET));
+	fListView->SetExplicitMinSize(BSize(padding * 10, B_SIZE_UNSET));
 	BScrollView* scroller = new BScrollView(NULL, fListView, 0, false, true);
 
 	// file list view box
@@ -147,8 +149,6 @@ MediaConverterWindow::MediaConverterWindow(BRect frame)
 	fInfoBox->SetExplicitAlignment(BAlignment(B_ALIGN_USE_FULL_WIDTH,
 			B_ALIGN_USE_FULL_HEIGHT));
 
-	float padding = be_control_look->DefaultItemSpacing();
-
 	// Output format box
 	fOutputBox = new BBox(B_FANCY_BORDER, NULL);
 	BGridLayout* outputGrid = new BGridLayout(padding, padding);