diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java
index 865e11bd6..74872af5a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListPanel.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class ContributionListPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable, Contrib
   protected ContributionListing contribListing = ContributionListing.getInstance();
   protected JTable table;
   DefaultTableModel dtm;
+  JScrollPane scrollPane;
   Font myFont;
 
   public ContributionListPanel() {
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ public class ContributionListPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable, Contrib
     // There is a space before Status
     String[] colName = { " Status", "Name", "Author" };
     dtm.setColumnIdentifiers(colName);
-    JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
+    scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
+    scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
     table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
 //    table.setBorder();
     table.setDefaultRenderer(Contribution.class, new StatusRendere());
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
index d4623b02b..098b3cfce 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public class ContributionTab {
 
     });*/
 
+    int catChooserWidth = ContributionManagerDialog.AUTHOR_WIDTH + contributionListPanel.scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().getPreferredSize().width - 10;
 
     GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(panel);
     panel.setLayout(layout);
@@ -206,9 +207,9 @@ public class ContributionTab {
       .addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED,
                        GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                   .addComponent(categoryChooser,
-                                ContributionManagerDialog.AUTHOR_WIDTH - 10,
-                                ContributionManagerDialog.AUTHOR_WIDTH - 10,
-                                ContributionManagerDialog.AUTHOR_WIDTH - 10)
+                                catChooserWidth,
+                                catChooserWidth,
+                                catChooserWidth)
                   .addContainerGap()).addComponent(loaderLabel)
       .addComponent(contributionListPanel).addComponent(errorPanel)
       .addComponent(statusPanel));