diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/css/layout.css b/src/platform/web/ui/css/layout.css
index ce7ec3b0..c4a48425 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/css/layout.css
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/css/layout.css
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ main {
     grid-area middle won't be found,
     so set width manually */
     width: 100%;
+    /* otherwise we don't get scrollbars and the content grows as large as it can */
+    min-height: 0;
 }
 
 .RoomView {