diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0aa46a52de..20afab3beb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-04-29  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c: Lower the minimum
+	required width of the register.  This does affect the size
+	constraint imposed by the register summary bar.
+
 2006-04-28  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Default to --enable-error-on-warning only in svn
diff --git a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
index 5ed704cd2f..38d1b60118 100644
--- a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
+++ b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include "gnucash-item-edit.h"
 
 #define DEFAULT_REGISTER_HEIGHT 400
-#define DEFAULT_REGISTER_WIDTH  630
+#define DEFAULT_REGISTER_WIDTH  400
 
 
 /* FIXME: at least broken on gtk 2.4.14 */