diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/preferences.css b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/preferences.css
index d9fde24876..262fe11417 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/preferences.css
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/preferences.css
@@ -65,4 +65,8 @@ h3.collapsed {
 .humanMsg strong {
 	display: block;
 	font-weight: normal;
+}
+
+#yui-main {
+	margin-bottom:2em;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt
index d762be7a3c..ed2a96430e 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences.tt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                     </select>
                     [% ELSIF ( CHUNK.type_textarea ) %]
 					<a class="expand-textarea" style="display: none" href="#">Click to Edit</a>
-					<textarea name="pref_[% CHUNK.name %]" id="pref_[% CHUNK.name %]" class="preference preference-[% CHUNK.class or "short" %]">[% CHUNK.value %]</textarea>
+					<textarea name="pref_[% CHUNK.name %]" id="pref_[% CHUNK.name %]" class="preference preference-[% CHUNK.class or "short" %]" rows="10" cols="40">[% CHUNK.value %]</textarea>
                     [% ELSIF ( CHUNK.type_languages ) %]
                     <dl>
                     [% FOREACH language IN CHUNK.languages %]