diff --git a/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py b/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
index 816d43bb64074d07f79f2c53add78c101bd08363..c1e13a3003f4bca9c6f4977aa87da20a96d576ba 100755
--- a/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/view/ui/main_ui.py
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ class UIMainWindow(object):
         self.tracking_info_text_browser.setMinimumHeight(60)
         self.tracking_info_text_browser.setMaximumHeight(80)
         plot_splitter.addWidget(self.tracking_info_text_browser)
+        tracking_browser_idx = plot_splitter.indexOf(
+            self.tracking_info_text_browser
+        )
+        plot_splitter.setCollapsible(tracking_browser_idx, False)
 
     def set_control_column(self, left_layout):
         """