diff --git a/src/components/middleEllipsis.ts b/src/components/middleEllipsis.ts
index 2a6afc9c..0f849626 100644
--- a/src/components/middleEllipsis.ts
+++ b/src/components/middleEllipsis.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ function getTextWidth(text: string, font: string) {
   //context.font = font;
   const metrics = context.measureText(text);
   //console.log('getTextWidth perf:', performance.now() - perf);
-  return metrics.width;
+  //return metrics.width;
+  return Math.round(metrics.width);
 }
 
 export class MiddleEllipsisElement extends HTMLElement {
diff --git a/src/lib/appManagers/appImManager.ts b/src/lib/appManagers/appImManager.ts
index 37ccb1d0..e9159e44 100644
--- a/src/lib/appManagers/appImManager.ts
+++ b/src/lib/appManagers/appImManager.ts
@@ -1712,7 +1712,8 @@ export class AppImManager {
 
       bubbleContainer = bubble.firstElementChild as HTMLDivElement;
       bubbleContainer.innerHTML = '';
-      bubbleContainer.style.marginBottom = '';
+      //bubbleContainer.style.marginBottom = '';
+      bubbleContainer.style.cssText = '';
 
       if(bubble == this.firstUnreadBubble) {
         bubble.classList.add('is-first-unread');
diff --git a/src/scss/partials/_chatBubble.scss b/src/scss/partials/_chatBubble.scss
index 41ecb898..79b3e800 100644
--- a/src/scss/partials/_chatBubble.scss
+++ b/src/scss/partials/_chatBubble.scss
@@ -1009,6 +1009,8 @@ $bubble-margin: .25rem;
   &.is-message-empty {
     .message {
       position: absolute;
+      /* position: relative;
+      width: max-content; */
       bottom: .1rem;
       right: .2rem;
       border-radius: 12px;
@@ -1024,6 +1026,7 @@ $bubble-margin: .25rem;
         padding: 0 2.5px;
         line-height: 20px;
         pointer-events: all; // show title
+        white-space: nowrap;
 
         .inner {
           display: none;
@@ -1063,6 +1066,7 @@ $bubble-margin: .25rem;
       align-items: center;
       line-height: 1;
       padding: inherit;
+      white-space: nowrap;
     }
   }