diff --git a/src/aare/gui/panels/local_contact_panel.py b/src/aare/gui/panels/local_contact_panel.py
index 409e76f0..83a79717 100644
--- a/src/aare/gui/panels/local_contact_panel.py
+++ b/src/aare/gui/panels/local_contact_panel.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from PySide6.QtWidgets import (
     QLabel,
     QMessageBox,
     QPushButton,
+    QScrollArea,
     QTabWidget,
     QTextEdit,
     QVBoxLayout,
@@ -128,13 +129,16 @@ class LocalContactPanel(QFrame):
         self._tabs = QTabWidget(self)
         layout.addWidget(self._tabs, 1)
 
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_status_tab(), self.TAB_STATUS)
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_recovery_tab(), self.TAB_RECOVERY)
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_tell_tab(), self.TAB_TELL)
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_bec_tab(), self.TAB_BEC)
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_hardware_tab(), self.TAB_HARDWARE)
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_detector_tab(), self.TAB_DETECTOR)
-        self._tabs.addTab(self._build_config_tab(), self.TAB_CONFIG)
+        # Every tab scrolls: the dialog's explicit minimum size is smaller
+        # than some tabs' content, and without a scroll area Qt squeezes the
+        # rows below text height (clipped labels on the Hardware tab).
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_status_tab()), self.TAB_STATUS)
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_recovery_tab()), self.TAB_RECOVERY)
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_tell_tab()), self.TAB_TELL)
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_bec_tab()), self.TAB_BEC)
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_hardware_tab()), self.TAB_HARDWARE)
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_detector_tab()), self.TAB_DETECTOR)
+        self._tabs.addTab(self._scrolled(self._build_config_tab()), self.TAB_CONFIG)
 
         self._daq.local_contact_simulation_state_loaded.connect(self._apply_simulation_state)
         self._daq.local_contact_device_state_loaded.connect(self._apply_device_state)
@@ -174,6 +178,14 @@ class LocalContactPanel(QFrame):
         )
         return self._register_status_widget(widget)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _scrolled(widget: QWidget) -> QScrollArea:
+        area = QScrollArea()
+        area.setWidgetResizable(True)
+        area.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.NoFrame)
+        area.setWidget(widget)
+        return area
+
     def _build_status_tab(self) -> QWidget:
         tab = QWidget(self)
         layout = QVBoxLayout(tab)