diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
index 6344ac568f..c4ed9acbb1 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 .mx_EventTile_line {
     position: relative;
-    margin-right: 100px;
+    /* ideally should be 100px, but 95px gives us a max thumbnail size of 800x600, which is nice */
+    margin-right: 95px;
 }
 
 .mx_EventTile_content {