diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/NotesEditor.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/NotesEditor.js
index 99c0e4f1a50c4f2712f3e814c79ed43ed84dd691..bd9ac35796dd73df7758ff676073077df3fc4a79 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/NotesEditor.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/NotesEditor.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class NotesEditor extends ProseEditor {
       user: this.props.user
     }).addClass('sc-comments-pane')
 
-    const editorWithComments = $$(SplitPane, { sizeA: '100%', splitType: 'vertical' })
+    const editorWithComments = $$(SplitPane, { sizeA: '80%', splitType: 'vertical' })
       .append(
         editor,
         commentsPane
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/notesEditor.scss b/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/notesEditor.scss
index 08b758457736f254f39066006f2ad3d0943b38ca..35720139c2c584697c95602894341ad1795de888 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/notesEditor.scss
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/notesEditor/notesEditor.scss
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ $background: #fff;
        }
 
        .sc-comment-pane-list {
-         border-left: 1px dashed $red;
-         margin-left: 8%;
+         margin-left: 5%;
          li {
-           max-width: 60%;
-           min-width: 60%;
+           max-width: 50%;
+           min-width: 50%;
          }
        }
      }