diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/chat_view.dart b/lib/pages/chat/chat_view.dart
index 9d5ab3a7..a3e25e8c 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/chat_view.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/chat_view.dart
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class ChatView extends StatelessWidget {
           context: context, future: () => controller.room.join());
     }
     final bottomSheetPadding = FluffyThemes.isColumnMode(context) ? 16.0 : 8.0;
+    final horizontalPadding = FluffyThemes.isColumnMode(context) ? 8.0 : 0.0;
 
     return VWidgetGuard(
       onSystemPop: (redirector) async {
@@ -205,9 +206,11 @@ class ChatView extends StatelessWidget {
                               controller.filteredEvents[i].eventId] = i;
                         }
                         return ListView.custom(
-                          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(
+                          padding: EdgeInsets.only(
                             top: 16,
                             bottom: 4,
+                            left: horizontalPadding,
+                            right: horizontalPadding,
                           ),
                           reverse: true,
                           controller: controller.scrollController,
diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/events/message.dart b/lib/pages/chat/events/message.dart
index 328be5e6..0ab91985 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/events/message.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/events/message.dart
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Message extends StatelessWidget {
               ),
             Container(
               alignment: alignment,
-              padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 8),
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 8),
               child: Material(
                 color: noBubble ? null : color,
                 elevation: noBubble ? 0 : 6,
@@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ class Message extends StatelessWidget {
         constraints:
             const BoxConstraints(maxWidth: FluffyThemes.columnWidth * 2.5),
         child: Padding(
-          padding: const EdgeInsets.only(
-              left: 8.0, right: 8.0, bottom: 4.0, top: 4.0),
+          padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(
+            horizontal: 8.0,
+            vertical: 4.0,
+          ),
           child: container,
         ),
       ),
diff --git a/lib/pages/chat/seen_by_row.dart b/lib/pages/chat/seen_by_row.dart
index 565c15b6..5b539378 100644
--- a/lib/pages/chat/seen_by_row.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/chat/seen_by_row.dart
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class SeenByRow extends StatelessWidget {
                     Matrix.of(context).client.userID
             ? Alignment.topRight
             : Alignment.topLeft,
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 24, right: 24, bottom: 4),
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 8, right: 8, bottom: 4),
         child: Wrap(
           spacing: 4,
           children: [