diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 2164137e..10772105 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Jens Georg <mail@jensge.org>
 Michael George <mdgeorge@cs.cornell.edu>
 Sven Hagemann <sven@rednose.nl>
 Mathias Hasselmann <mathias@openismus.com>
+Charles Lehner <rdm.cel@celehner.com>
 Brendan Long <self@brendanlong.com>
 Timo Kluck <tkluck@infty.nl>
 Avi Levy <avi.w.levy@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/client/conversation-list/formatted-conversation-data.vala b/src/client/conversation-list/formatted-conversation-data.vala
index d50a0057..19bc6138 100644
--- a/src/client/conversation-list/formatted-conversation-data.vala
+++ b/src/client/conversation-list/formatted-conversation-data.vala
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ public class FormattedConversationData : Geary.BaseObject {
         
         x_offset = 0;
         y_offset = 0;
-        width = 0;
+        // set width to 1 (rather than 0) to work around certain themes that cause the
+        // conversation list to be shown as "squished":
+        // https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=713954
+        width = 1;
         height = cell_height;
     }