diff --git a/src/gui/eventlist.cpp b/src/gui/eventlist.cpp
index bf13abc08..867ce365c 100644
--- a/src/gui/eventlist.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/eventlist.cpp
@@ -248,21 +248,18 @@ int EventList::exec(const t_channel_id channel_id, const std::string& channelnam
 	neutrino_msg_t      msg;
 	neutrino_msg_data_t data;
 	bool in_search = false;
-	
-	iheight = 30;	// info bar height (see below, hard coded at this time)
 
+	// Calculate iheight
+	struct button_label tmp_button[1] = { { NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_RED, NONEXISTANT_LOCALE } };
+	iheight = ::paintButtons(0, 0, 0, 1, tmp_button, 0, 0, false, COL_INFOBAR_SHADOW, NULL, 0, false);
 	if(iheight < fh)
 		iheight = fh;
 
-	int icol_w = 0, icol_h = 0;
-	frameBuffer->getIconSize(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_RED, &icol_w, &icol_h);
-
-	iheight = std::max(iheight, icol_h);
+	// Calculate theight
 	theight  = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_EVENTLIST_TITLE]->getHeight();
-
 	const int pic_h = 39;
 	theight = std::max(theight, pic_h);
-
+	int icol_w = 0, icol_h = 0;
 	frameBuffer->getIconSize(NEUTRINO_ICON_BUTTON_HELP, &icol_w, &icol_h);
 	theight = std::max(theight, icol_h);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/buttons.cpp b/src/gui/widget/buttons.cpp
index 2a04f0e0c..2a9c45965 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/buttons.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/buttons.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ int paintButtons(	const int &x,
 			bool vertical_paint,
 			const unsigned char fcolor,
 			const char * alt_buttontext,
-			const uint &buttontext_id)
+			const uint &buttontext_id,
+			bool show)
 {
 	CFrameBuffer *frameBuffer = CFrameBuffer::getInstance();
 	Font * font = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_INFOBAR_SMALL];
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ int paintButtons(	const int &x,
 	//calculate footer heigth
 	h_footer = footerheight == 0 ? (h_button + 2*h_space) : footerheight;
 
+	if (!show)
+		return h_footer;
+
 	//paint footer
 	if (w_footer > 0)
 		frameBuffer->paintBoxRel(x_footer, y_footer, w_footer, h_footer, COL_INFOBAR_SHADOW_PLUS_1, RADIUS_LARGE, CORNER_BOTTOM); //round
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/buttons.h b/src/gui/widget/buttons.h
index 245bfbd1a..0a2d9dfd7 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/buttons.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/buttons.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int paintButtons(	const int &x,
 			bool vertical_paint = false,
 			const unsigned char fcolor = COL_INFOBAR_SHADOW,
 			const char * alt_buttontext = NULL,
-			const uint &buttontext_id = 0);
-											
-					
+			const uint &buttontext_id = 0,
+			bool show = true);
+
 #endif /* __gui_widget_buttons_h__ */