diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/streamplayer_window.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/streamplayer_window.cpp
index cc74b59c6..1307dba84 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/streamplayer_window.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/streamplayer_window.cpp
@@ -358,11 +358,15 @@ void StreamPlayerWindow::tick() {
                 names += QStringLiteral("<td align='center' style='color:%1'>%2</td>").arg(color, shortNodeName(t.names[i]));
                 tooltip += QString::fromUtf8(t.names[i]) + QStringLiteral(": ") + bufferTime(us);
             }
+            QString rate = QStringLiteral("&nbsp;");
             if (tempo > 1000) {
-                QString rate = QString::number(tempo / 1000.0, 'f', 2);
+                rate = QString::number(tempo / 1000.0, 'f', 2);
                 if (rate.endsWith(QLatin1Char('0'))) rate.chop(1);
-                times += QStringLiteral("<td>&nbsp; %1x</td>").arg(rate); names += QStringLiteral("<td></td>");
+                rate = QStringLiteral("&nbsp; %1x").arg(rate);
             }
+            const int rateWidth = m_telemetry->fontMetrics().horizontalAdvance(QStringLiteral(" 1.88x")) + 4;
+            times += QStringLiteral("<td width='%1'>%2</td>").arg(rateWidth).arg(rate);
+            names += QStringLiteral("<td width='%1'></td>").arg(rateWidth);
             m_telemetry->setText(QStringLiteral("<table cellspacing='0'><tr>%1</tr><tr>%2</tr></table>").arg(times, names));
             m_telemetry->adjustSize();
             m_telemetry->setToolTip(tooltip);