diff --git a/gajim/data/gui/history_window.ui b/gajim/data/gui/history_window.ui
index 58ff88463251c7ce0fdcc29fa39f6edae3f426d3..31f688d9095d1dc7af7c27867b299bf2271d872c 100644
--- a/gajim/data/gui/history_window.ui
+++ b/gajim/data/gui/history_window.ui
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                 <property name="halign">start</property>
+                <property name="valign">center</property>
                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">Chat</property>
                 <style>
                   <class name="dim-label"/>
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">True</property>
                 <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Record history for this chat</property>
+                <property name="valign">center</property>
                 <signal name="notify::active" handler="on_log_history_checkbutton_toggled" swapped="no"/>
               </object>
               <packing>
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@
               <object class="GtkLabel">
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                <property name="valign">center</property>
                 <property name="margin_left">6</property>
                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">Record History</property>
                 <style>
@@ -353,6 +356,7 @@
                 <property name="width_request">400</property>
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                <property name="valign">center</property>
                 <property name="hexpand">True</property>
                 <property name="model">liststore1</property>
                 <property name="tearoff_title" translatable="yes">Ttitle</property>