diff --git a/src/preferences/repositories/RepoRow.cpp b/src/preferences/repositories/RepoRow.cpp
index 33e2053bb3e..328f64c9757 100644
--- a/src/preferences/repositories/RepoRow.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/repositories/RepoRow.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RepoRow::RefreshEnabledField()
 {
 	BStringField* field = (BStringField*)GetField(kEnabledColumn);
 	if (fTaskState == STATE_NOT_IN_QUEUE)
-		field->SetString(fEnabled ? "\xE2\x9C\x94" : "");
+		field->SetString(fEnabled ? B_TRANSLATE("Enabled") : "");
 	else
 		field->SetString(B_UTF8_ELLIPSIS);
 	Invalidate();
diff --git a/src/preferences/repositories/RepositoriesView.cpp b/src/preferences/repositories/RepositoriesView.cpp
index 9d7284fbec3..201dcef3698 100644
--- a/src/preferences/repositories/RepositoriesView.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/repositories/RepositoriesView.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 
 static const BString kTitleEnabled =
-	B_TRANSLATE_COMMENT("Enabled", "Column title");
+	B_TRANSLATE_COMMENT("Status", "Column title");
 static const BString kTitleName = B_TRANSLATE_COMMENT("Name", "Column title");
 static const BString kTitleUrl = B_TRANSLATE_COMMENT("URL", "Column title");
 static const BString kLabelRemove =
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ RepositoriesView::RepositoriesView()
 	float col1width = be_plain_font->StringWidth(kTitleName) + 15;
 	float col2width = be_plain_font->StringWidth(kTitleUrl) + 15;
 	fListView->AddColumn(new BStringColumn(kTitleEnabled, col0width, col0width,
-		col0width, B_TRUNCATE_END, B_ALIGN_CENTER), kEnabledColumn);
+		2 * col0width, B_TRUNCATE_END), kEnabledColumn);
 	fListView->AddColumn(new BStringColumn(kTitleName, 90, col1width, 300,
 		B_TRUNCATE_END), kNameColumn);
 	fListView->AddColumn(new BStringColumn(kTitleUrl, 500, col2width, 5000,