diff --git a/src/gui/FxMixerView.cpp b/src/gui/FxMixerView.cpp
index eb20cafa1..70eba5ba4 100644
--- a/src/gui/FxMixerView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/FxMixerView.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ FxMixerView::FxMixerView() :
 	// main-layout
 	QHBoxLayout * ml = new QHBoxLayout;
 
+	// Set margins
+	ml->setContentsMargins( 0, 4, 0, 0 );
+	
 	// Channel area
 	m_channelAreaWidget = new QWidget;
 	chLayout = new QHBoxLayout( m_channelAreaWidget );
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp
index b136b16f7..12202cf87 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/EffectRackView.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ EffectRackView::EffectRackView( EffectChain* model, QWidget* parent ) :
 	ModelView( NULL, this )
 {
 	QVBoxLayout* mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout( this );
-	mainLayout->setMargin( 5 );
+	mainLayout->setMargin( 0 );
 
 	m_effectsGroupBox = new GroupBox( tr( "EFFECTS CHAIN" ) );
 	mainLayout->addWidget( m_effectsGroupBox );