diff --git a/doomsday/libdeng2/src/core/monospacelogsinkformatter.cpp b/doomsday/libdeng2/src/core/monospacelogsinkformatter.cpp
index d0dee70dd6..d6d676a6e3 100644
--- a/doomsday/libdeng2/src/core/monospacelogsinkformatter.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/libdeng2/src/core/monospacelogsinkformatter.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "de/MonospaceLogSinkFormatter"
+#include <de/math.h>
 
 namespace de {
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ QList<String> MonospaceLogSinkFormatter::logEntryToTextLines(LogEntry const &ent
 
 void MonospaceLogSinkFormatter::setMaxLength(duint maxLength)
 {
-    _maxLength = maxLength;
+    _maxLength = de::max(duint(_minimumIndent + 10), maxLength);
 }
 
 duint MonospaceLogSinkFormatter::maxLength() const
diff --git a/doomsday/tools/shell/libshell/src/textrootwidget.cpp b/doomsday/tools/shell/libshell/src/textrootwidget.cpp
index 8337a1391b..7629eb120a 100644
--- a/doomsday/tools/shell/libshell/src/textrootwidget.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/tools/shell/libshell/src/textrootwidget.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ TextCanvas &TextRootWidget::rootCanvas()
 
 void TextRootWidget::setViewSize(Vector2i const &viewSize)
 {
-    _canvas->resize(viewSize);
-    RootWidget::setViewSize(viewSize);
+    // Shouldn't go below 1 x 1.
+    Vector2i vs = viewSize.max(Vector2i(1, 1));
+    _canvas->resize(vs);
+    RootWidget::setViewSize(vs);
 }
 
 TextWidget *TextRootWidget::focus() const
diff --git a/doomsday/tools/shell/shell-text/src/logwidget.cpp b/doomsday/tools/shell/shell-text/src/logwidget.cpp
index 3cbe810bf3..66c56816c2 100644
--- a/doomsday/tools/shell/shell-text/src/logwidget.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/tools/shell/shell-text/src/logwidget.cpp
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ struct LogWidget::Instance
 {
     Sink sink;
     MonospaceLogSinkFormatter formatter;
-    QList<TextCanvas *> cache;
+    int cacheWidth;
+    QList<TextCanvas *> cache; ///< Indices match entry indices in sink.
 
-    Instance(LogWidget &inst) : sink(inst)
-    {
-    }
+    Instance(LogWidget &inst) : sink(inst), cacheWidth(0)
+    {}
 
     ~Instance()
     {
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ void LogWidget::draw()
     Rectanglei pos = rule().recti();
     TextCanvas buf(pos.size());
 
-    if(d->formatter.maxLength() != duint(pos.width()))
+    if(d->cacheWidth != pos.width())
     {
-        d->formatter.setMaxLength(pos.width());
+        d->cacheWidth = pos.width();
+        d->formatter.setMaxLength(d->cacheWidth);
 
         // Width has changed, zap the cache.
         d->clearCache();