diff --git a/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java b/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java
index cbee3a3c4024e7a15b192dfaa6e22fa71c90e98b..f8bde7dacbcb66e977a6dc6cbd0b25c728208e37 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/opencamera/ui/MainUI.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public class MainUI {
 					}*/
                     int total_button_size = count * button_size;
                     int margin = 0;
-                    int topMargin = (int)ScaleUtils.convertDpToPx(main_activity, 24.0f);
+                    int topMargin = (int)ScaleUtils.convertDpToPx(main_activity, 8.0f);
                     if (total_button_size > display_height) {
                         if (MyDebug.LOG)
                             Log.d(TAG, "need to reduce button size");
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ public class MainUI {
                         Log.d(TAG, "total_button_size: " + total_button_size);
                         Log.d(TAG, "margin: " + margin);
                     }
-                    int leftMargin = (int)ScaleUtils.convertDpToPx(main_activity, 16.0f);
                     for (View this_view : buttons_permanent) {
                         if (this_view.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE) {
                             if (MyDebug.LOG) {
@@ -409,7 +408,7 @@ public class MainUI {
                             // is displayed (when taking a photo) if it is still shown left-most, rather than centred; also
                             // needed for "pause preview" trash/icons to be shown properly (test by rotating the phone to update
                             // the layout)
-                            layoutParams.setMargins(leftMargin, this_view == first_visible_view ? topMargin : margin / 2, 0, this_view == last_visible_view ? topMargin : margin / 2);
+                            layoutParams.setMargins(0, this_view == first_visible_view ? topMargin : margin / 2, 0, this_view == last_visible_view ? topMargin : margin / 2);
                             layoutParams.width = button_size;
                             layoutParams.height = button_size;
                             this_view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@ public class MainUI {
 
                     view = main_activity.findViewById(R.id.top_bg);
                     layoutParams = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams) view.getLayoutParams();
-                    layoutParams.width = button_size + (2 * leftMargin);
+                    layoutParams.width = button_size;
                     view.setLayoutParams(layoutParams);
                     top_icon = view;
                 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
index 2e3a4a0fac5f1f2267e284cac4ce348d6a7af665..027b35436597467b2d0a66ca58b8423595da9ff0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/dimens.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     <dimen name="activity_vertical_margin">16dp</dimen>
 
     <!-- used for the on-screen icons, e.g., Settings etc -->
-	<dimen name="onscreen_button_size">24dp</dimen>
-    <dimen name="onscreen_button_padding">0dp</dimen>
+	<dimen name="onscreen_button_size">56dp</dimen>
+    <dimen name="onscreen_button_padding">16dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="shutter_button_size">70dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="onscreen_bottom_button_size">36dp</dimen>
     <dimen name="onscreen_bottom_panorama_button_size">48dp</dimen>