diff --git a/src/aare/gui/panels/smargon_panel.py b/src/aare/gui/panels/smargon_panel.py
index 949d6c80..dd7fb0ca 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/panels/smargon_panel.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/panels/smargon_panel.py
@@ -80,20 +80,23 @@ class SmargonPanel(QWidget):
         self.move_group.add_box("chi", self.chi_enter)
         self.move_group.add_box("phi", self.phi_enter)
         self.move_group.applied.connect(self._move_axes)
-        grid_layout.addWidget(self.move_group.button, 1, 6)
+        # Own row: sharing row 1 squeezed the Chi/Phi entry boxes.
+        grid_layout.addWidget(self.move_group.button, 2, 0, 1, 7)
 
         self.home_button = QPushButton("Move home", parent=self)
-        grid_layout.addWidget(self.home_button, 2, 0, 1, 7)
+        grid_layout.addWidget(self.home_button, 3, 0, 1, 7)
         self.home_button.clicked.connect(self.home)
 
         self.move_panel = SmargonMoveWidget(parent=self)
-        grid_layout.addWidget(self.move_panel, 3, 0, 1, 7)
+        grid_layout.addWidget(self.move_panel, 4, 0, 1, 7)
         self.move_panel.smargon_rel.connect(self.smargon_rel)
 
-        grid_layout.addWidget(QLabel("Step", parent=self), 4, 0)
+        grid_layout.addWidget(QLabel("Step", parent=self), 5, 0)
         self.step = NumberLineEdit(1, 1000, 100, 0, parent=self)
-        grid_layout.addWidget(self.step, 4, 1)
-        grid_layout.addWidget(QLabel("μm", parent=self), 4, 2)
+        # Span to the μm label so the box gets real width instead of the
+        # narrow column shared with the Chi entry.
+        grid_layout.addWidget(self.step, 5, 1, 1, 4)
+        grid_layout.addWidget(QLabel("μm", parent=self), 5, 5)
         self.step.newValue.connect(self.step_changed)
 
     @Slot(float)