diff --git a/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-failed-state-view.ui b/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-failed-state-view.ui
index 68f31768..5fc05642 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-failed-state-view.ui
+++ b/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-failed-state-view.ui
@@ -20,7 +20,23 @@
             </style>
           </object>
         </child>
-        <child>
+        <child type="end">
+          <object class="GtkLabel">
+            <property name="vexpand">true</property>
+            <property name="visible">true</property>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+        <child type="end">
+          <object class="GtkLabel">
+            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Something unexpectedly went wrong while trying to profile your system.</property>
+            <property name="use-markup">true</property>
+            <property name="visible">true</property>
+            <style>
+              <class name="dim-label"/>
+            </style>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+        <child type="end">
           <object class="GtkLabel">
             <property name="label" translatable="yes">Ouch, that hurt!</property>
             <property name="visible">true</property>
@@ -32,34 +48,6 @@
               <attribute name="weight" value="bold"/>
             </attributes>
           </object>
-          <packing>
-            <property name="pack-type">end</property>
-            <property name="position">2</property>
-          </packing>
-        </child>
-        <child>
-          <object class="GtkLabel">
-            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Something unexpectedly went wrong while trying to profile your system.</property>
-            <property name="use-markup">true</property>
-            <property name="visible">true</property>
-            <style>
-              <class name="dim-label"/>
-            </style>
-          </object>
-          <packing>
-            <property name="pack-type">end</property>
-            <property name="position">1</property>
-          </packing>
-        </child>
-        <child>
-          <object class="GtkLabel">
-            <property name="vexpand">true</property>
-            <property name="visible">true</property>
-          </object>
-          <packing>
-            <property name="position">0</property>
-            <property name="pack-type">end</property>
-          </packing>
         </child>
       </object>
     </child>
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-recording-state-view.ui b/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-recording-state-view.ui
index 4bfccf89..d65da15b 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-recording-state-view.ui
+++ b/src/libsysprof-ui/sysprof-recording-state-view.ui
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
       <object class="GtkBox">
         <property name="width-request">500</property>
         <property name="halign">center</property>
-        <property name="border-width">36</property>
+        <property name="margin-start">36</property>
+        <property name="margin-end">36</property>
+        <property name="margin-top">36</property>
+        <property name="margin-bottom">36</property>
         <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
         <property name="spacing">12</property>
         <property name="visible">true</property>