diff --git a/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel.scss b/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel.scss
index db634cd71f..29077811d6 100644
--- a/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel.scss
+++ b/res/css/structures/_LeftPanel.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ $roomListCollapsedWidth: 68px;
     }
 }
 
+.mx_LeftPanel_wrapper {
+    display: flex;
+    max-width: 50%;
+}
+
 .mx_LeftPanel {
     background-color: $roomlist-bg-color;
     // TODO decrease this once Spaces launches as it'll no longer need to include the 56px Community Panel
diff --git a/res/css/structures/_MatrixChat.scss b/res/css/structures/_MatrixChat.scss
index 90e28fb0a9..5232c14e74 100644
--- a/res/css/structures/_MatrixChat.scss
+++ b/res/css/structures/_MatrixChat.scss
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     display: flex;
 
     flex: 1;
-    flex-grow: 0;
     min-height: 0;
-    max-width: 50%;
 }
 
 .mx_MatrixChat_syncError {
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 }
 
 /* not the left panel, and not the resize handle, so the roomview/groupview/... */
-.mx_MatrixChat > :not(.mx_LeftPanel):not(.mx_SpacePanel):not(.mx_ResizeHandle) {
+.mx_MatrixChat > :not(.mx_LeftPanel):not(.mx_SpacePanel):not(.mx_ResizeHandle):not(.mx_LeftPanel_wrapper) {
     background-color: $primary-bg-color;
 
     flex: 1 1 0;
diff --git a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
index 44c65c73ff..85b62637e6 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
@@ -644,18 +644,20 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                     aria-hidden={this.props.hideToSRUsers}
                 >
                     <ToastContainer />
-                    <div ref={this._resizeContainer} className={bodyClasses}>
-                        <BackdropPanel
-                            backgroundImage={this.state.backgroundImage}
-                        />
-                        { SpaceStore.spacesEnabled ? <SpacePanel /> : null }
-                        <LeftPanel
-                            isMinimized={this.props.collapseLhs || false}
-                            resizeNotifier={this.props.resizeNotifier}
-                        />
-                        <ResizeHandle />
+                    <div className={bodyClasses}>
+                        <div ref={this._resizeContainer} className='mx_LeftPanel_wrapper'>
+                            <BackdropPanel
+                                backgroundImage={this.state.backgroundImage}
+                            />
+                            { SpaceStore.spacesEnabled ? <SpacePanel /> : null }
+                            <LeftPanel
+                                isMinimized={this.props.collapseLhs || false}
+                                resizeNotifier={this.props.resizeNotifier}
+                            />
+                            <ResizeHandle />
+                        </div>
+                        { pageElement }
                     </div>
-                    { pageElement }
                 </div>
                 <CallContainer />
                 <NonUrgentToastContainer />