diff --git a/internal/ui/note/model.go b/internal/ui/note/model.go
index 79a7b8f..a2f95ef 100644
--- a/internal/ui/note/model.go
+++ b/internal/ui/note/model.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func newMdRenderer() *glamour.TermRenderer {
 	// styling in glamour can be better, I would rather have a fluent style api here
 	// https://github.com/charmbracelet/glamour/issues/294
 	mdStyleConfig := glStyles.TokyoNightStyleConfig
-	var margin uint = 2
+	var margin uint = 4
 	mdStyleConfig.Document.Margin = &margin
 	mdStyleConfig.Document.BlockPrefix = ""
 	mdStyleConfig.Document.BlockSuffix = ""
@@ -369,5 +369,5 @@ func (m NoteView) renderNote() string {
 		title += "\n"
 	}
 
-	return title + body
+	return "\n\n" + title + body
 }
diff --git a/layout.go b/layout.go
index c6c78a2..69d241c 100644
--- a/layout.go
+++ b/layout.go
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ const (
 // getUpdatedWindowSizes computes the widths for the file tree and note view
 // based on the terminal dimensions and the desired tree width.
 func getUpdatedWindowSizes(totalWidth, requestedTreeWidth, minTreeWidth int) (treeWidth, noteWidth int) {
+	// hack on next line, it's not quite correct and I won't investigate rn
+	minTreeWidth = minTreeWidth + 3
+
 	treeWidth = requestedTreeWidth
 
 	if treeWidth == 0 {