diff --git a/src/renku/app/main.cpp b/src/renku/app/main.cpp
--- a/src/renku/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/renku/app/main.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     components->setModel(Presentation::ApplicationModel::Ptr::create());
 
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;
+    layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     layout->addWidget(components->pageView());
     widget->setLayout(layout);
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/pageview.cpp b/src/widgets/pageview.cpp
--- a/src/widgets/pageview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/pageview.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     connect(m_quickAddEdit, &QLineEdit::editingFinished, this, &PageView::onEditingFinished);
 
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;
+    layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     layout->addWidget(m_filterWidget);
     layout->addWidget(m_centralView);
     layout->addWidget(m_quickAddEdit);
diff --git a/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp b/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp
--- a/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/zanshin/app/main.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     components->setModel(Presentation::ApplicationModel::Ptr::create());
 
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;
+    layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     layout->addWidget(components->pageView());
     widget->setLayout(layout);
 
diff --git a/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp b/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp
--- a/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp
+++ b/tests/units/widgets/pageviewtest.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QHeaderView>
+#include <QLayout>
 #include <QLineEdit>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@
     void shouldHaveDefaultState()
     {
         Widgets::PageView page;
+        QCOMPARE(page.contentsMargins(), QMargins(0, 0, 0, 0));
+        QCOMPARE(page.layout()->contentsMargins(), QMargins(0, 0, 0, 0));
 
         auto centralView = page.findChild<QTreeView*>(QStringLiteral("centralView"));
         QVERIFY(centralView);