diff --git a/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py b/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
index 5838cb01fc92333a3dab41864fad796b27d16e7a..9818875b17d3aedb28f841c00a61a0656fd9eb76 100755
--- a/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class UIMainWindow(object):
         self.open_files_list = QListWidget(
             self.central_widget)
 
-        file_layout = QHBoxLayout(self.central_widget)
+        file_layout = QHBoxLayout()
         file_layout.setSpacing(20)
         left_layout.addLayout(file_layout)
         self.search_line_edit = QLineEdit()