diff --git a/src/widgets/autotests/ruqolacentralwidgettest.cpp b/src/widgets/autotests/ruqolacentralwidgettest.cpp
index 2ef6cd00..9e513801 100644
--- a/src/widgets/autotests/ruqolacentralwidgettest.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/autotests/ruqolacentralwidgettest.cpp
@@ -1,52 +1,54 @@
 /*
    Copyright (c) 2020 Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License or
    ( at your option ) version 3 or, at the discretion of KDE e.V.
    ( which shall act as a proxy as in section 14 of the GPLv3 ), any later version.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "ruqolacentralwidgettest.h"
 #include "ruqolacentralwidget.h"
 #include "channellist/channellistwidget.h"
 #include "room/roomwidget.h"
 
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QSplitter>
 #include <QTest>
 
 QTEST_MAIN(RuqolaCentralWidgetTest)
 RuqolaCentralWidgetTest::RuqolaCentralWidgetTest(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
 {
 }
 
 void RuqolaCentralWidgetTest::shouldHaveDefaultValues()
 {
     RuqolaCentralWidget w;
     QHBoxLayout *mainLayout = w.findChild<QHBoxLayout *>(QStringLiteral("mainlayout"));
     QVERIFY(mainLayout);
 
     QSplitter *mSplitter = w.findChild<QSplitter *>(QStringLiteral("mSplitter"));
     QVERIFY(mSplitter);
+    QVERIFY(!mSplitter->childrenCollapsible());
+    mSplitter->setChildrenCollapsible(false);
 
     ChannelListWidget *mChannelList = w.findChild<ChannelListWidget *>(QStringLiteral("mChannelList"));
     QVERIFY(mChannelList);
 
     RoomWidget *mRoomWidget = w.findChild<RoomWidget *>(QStringLiteral("mRoomWidget"));
     QVERIFY(mRoomWidget);
     QVERIFY(mSplitter->indexOf(mChannelList) >= 0);
     QVERIFY(mSplitter->indexOf(mRoomWidget) >= 0);
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/ruqolacentralwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/ruqolacentralwidget.cpp
index b9546ce6..c7578d8d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ruqolacentralwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/ruqolacentralwidget.cpp
@@ -1,51 +1,52 @@
 /*
    Copyright (c) 2020 Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published
    by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License or
    ( at your option ) version 3 or, at the discretion of KDE e.V.
    ( which shall act as a proxy as in section 14 of the GPLv3 ), any later version.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "ruqolacentralwidget.h"
 #include "channellist/channellistwidget.h"
 #include "room/roomwidget.h"
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <QSplitter>
 
 RuqolaCentralWidget::RuqolaCentralWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
 {    
     QHBoxLayout *mainLayout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
     mainLayout->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("mainlayout"));
 
     mSplitter = new QSplitter(this);
     mSplitter->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("mSplitter"));
+    mSplitter->setChildrenCollapsible(false);
     mainLayout->addWidget(mSplitter);
 
     mChannelList = new ChannelListWidget(this);
     mChannelList->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("mChannelList"));
     mSplitter->addWidget(mChannelList);
 
     mRoomWidget = new RoomWidget(this);
     mRoomWidget->setObjectName(QStringLiteral("mRoomWidget"));
     mSplitter->addWidget(mRoomWidget);
 
     connect(mChannelList, &ChannelListWidget::channelSelected, mRoomWidget, &RoomWidget::channelSelected);
 }
 
 RuqolaCentralWidget::~RuqolaCentralWidget()
 {
 }