diff --git a/source/widgets/listview.c b/source/widgets/listview.c
index 09ab718d..8739a846 100644
--- a/source/widgets/listview.c
+++ b/source/widgets/listview.c
@@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ listview *listview_create ( widget *parent, const char *name, listview_update_ca
     listview_create_row ( lv, &row );
     // FIXME: hack to scale hight correctly.
     if ( lv->eh > 1 && row.textbox ) {
-	char buff[lv->eh*2+1] ;
-	memset( buff, '\0', lv->eh*2+1);
-	for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < lv->eh; i++) { buff[i] ='\n'; };
-	textbox_text( row.textbox, buff);
+        char buff[lv->eh*2+1] ;
+        memset( buff, '\0', lv->eh*2+1);
+        for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < (lv->eh-1); i++) { buff[i*2] = 'a'; buff[i*2+1] ='\n'; };
+        textbox_text( row.textbox, buff);
     }
     lv->element_height = widget_get_desired_height ( WIDGET ( row.box ) );
     widget_free ( WIDGET ( row.box ) );