diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.c
index 0d9dceb04e..c6549a08cb 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gnc_window_get_statusbar (GncWindow *window)
     return GNC_WINDOW_GET_IFACE (window)->get_statusbar (window);
 }
 
-static GtkWidget *
+GtkWidget *
 gnc_window_get_progressbar (GncWindow *window)
 {
     g_return_val_if_fail(GNC_WINDOW (window), NULL);
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.h b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.h
index 3e5f42de30..31731427df 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.h
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-window.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void           gnc_window_set_status (GncWindow *window, GncPluginPage *page, co
 
 void           gnc_window_set_progressbar_window (GncWindow *window);
 GncWindow     *gnc_window_get_progressbar_window (void);
+GtkWidget     *gnc_window_get_progressbar (GncWindow *window);
 void           gnc_window_show_progress (const char *message, double percentage);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/report/report-gnome/gnc-plugin-page-report.c b/src/report/report-gnome/gnc-plugin-page-report.c
index 253a5b2d7d..f99c5965e0 100644
--- a/src/report/report-gnome/gnc-plugin-page-report.c
+++ b/src/report/report-gnome/gnc-plugin-page-report.c
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ gnc_plugin_page_report_load_uri (GncPluginPage *page)
 {
     GncPluginPageReport *report;
     GncPluginPageReportPrivate *priv;
+    GtkWidget *progressbar;
+    GtkAllocation allocation;
     URLType type;
     char * id_name;
     char * child_name;
@@ -348,9 +350,19 @@ gnc_plugin_page_report_load_uri (GncPluginPage *page)
 
     g_free(id_name);
     g_free(child_name);
+
+    // this sets the window for the progressbar
     gnc_window_set_progressbar_window( GNC_WINDOW(page->window) );
+
+    progressbar = gnc_window_get_progressbar (GNC_WINDOW(page->window));
+    gtk_widget_get_allocation (GTK_WIDGET(progressbar), &allocation); 
+
+    // this sets the minimum size of the progressbar to that allocated
+    gtk_widget_set_size_request (GTK_WIDGET(progressbar), -1, allocation.height);
+
     gnc_html_show_url(priv->html, type, url_location, url_label, 0);
     g_free(url_location);
+    // this resets the window for the progressbar to NULL
     gnc_window_set_progressbar_window( NULL );
 
     return FALSE;