@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public void hyperlinkUpdate(HyperlinkEvent e) { }
 
   private ContributionPanel selectedPanel;
 //  protected JPanel statusPlaceholder;
-  private StatusPanel status;
+//  private StatusPanel status;
   private ContributionFilter filter;
 //  private ContributionListing contribListing;
   private ContributionListing contribListing = ContributionListing.getInstance();
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public ContributionListPanel(ContributionTab contributionTab,
 
 //    statusPlaceholder = new JPanel();
 //    statusPlaceholder.setVisible(false);
-    status = new StatusPanel();
+//    status = new StatusPanel(null);
   }
 
 
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ private void updatePanelOrdering() {
 
       add(entry.getValue(), c);
     }
-
+/*
     GridBagConstraints c = new GridBagConstraints();
     c.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
     c.weightx = 1;
     c.weighty = 1;
     c.gridx = 0;
     c.gridy = row++;
     c.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
-    add(status, c);
+    add(status, c);*/
   }
 
 
 
@@ -287,10 +287,10 @@ public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent arg0) {
       pane.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10), BorderLayout.WEST);
       pane.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(10), BorderLayout.EAST);
 
-      status = new StatusPanel();
+      status = new StatusPanel(450);
 //      status.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(7, 7, 7, 7));
 
-      JPanel statusRestartPane = new JPanel();
+      /*JPanel statusRestartPane = new JPanel();
       statusRestartPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
       statusRestartPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(7, 7, 7, 7));
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent arg0) {
     // Adding both of these to EAST shouldn't pose too much of a problem,
     // since they can never get added together.
       statusRestartPane.add(restartButton, BorderLayout.EAST);
-      statusRestartPane.add(retryConnectingButton, BorderLayout.EAST);
+      statusRestartPane.add(retryConnectingButton, BorderLayout.EAST);*/
 
-      pane.add(statusRestartPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
+      pane.add(status, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 
 
 //      status = new StatusPanel();
 
@@ -28,27 +28,34 @@
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
+import javax.swing.LayoutStyle;
 import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
 
 
 class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
 
+  final int BUTTON_WIDTH = 20;
+  
   JLabel label;
   JButton installButton;
   JProgressBar installProgressBar;
   JLabel upadteLabel;
   JButton upadteButton;
   JButton removeButton;
 
-  public StatusPanel() {
+  public StatusPanel(int width) {
+    
+    final int BUTTON_WIDTH = 20;
 
     label = new JLabel("");
     installButton = new JButton("Install");
     installProgressBar = new JProgressBar();
     upadteLabel = new JLabel("Update to Infinite 1.1");
     upadteButton = new JButton("Update");
     removeButton = new JButton("Remove");
-    
+
+    int labelWidth = width != 0 ? width * 2 / 3 : GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE;
+   this.setSize(450, 200);
     GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(this);
     this.setLayout(layout);
 
@@ -57,29 +64,32 @@ public StatusPanel() {
 
     layout.setHorizontalGroup(layout
       .createSequentialGroup()
-      .addComponent(label)
-      .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup()
-                  .addComponent(installButton, GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
-                  .addComponent(installProgressBar, GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
-                  .addComponent(upadteLabel, GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
-                  .addComponent(upadteButton, GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
-                  .addComponent(removeButton, GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)));
+      .addComponent(label, labelWidth, labelWidth, labelWidth)
+      .addPreferredGap(LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED,
+                       GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
+      .addGroup(layout
+                  .createParallelGroup(GroupLayout.Alignment.CENTER)
+                  .addComponent(installButton, BUTTON_WIDTH, BUTTON_WIDTH,
+                                BUTTON_WIDTH).addComponent(installProgressBar)
+                  .addComponent(upadteLabel).addComponent(upadteButton)
+                  .addComponent(removeButton)));
 
     layout.setVerticalGroup(layout
       .createParallelGroup()
       .addComponent(label)
-      .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
+      .addGroup(layout
+                  .createSequentialGroup()
                   .addComponent(installButton)
                   .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup()
                               .addComponent(installProgressBar)
                               .addComponent(upadteLabel))
                   .addComponent(upadteButton).addComponent(removeButton)));
-    
-    layout.linkSize(SwingConstants.HORIZONTAL, installButton,
-                    installProgressBar, upadteLabel, upadteButton, removeButton);
+
+    layout
+      .linkSize(SwingConstants.HORIZONTAL, installButton, installProgressBar,
+                upadteLabel, upadteButton, removeButton);
 
     installProgressBar.setVisible(false);
-    
   }
 
   void setMessage(String message) {