diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/stats_window.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/stats_window.cpp
index 42194740f..b007fc1d4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/stats_window.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/stats_window.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ void StatsWindow::setBar(const std::string& name, const std::string& tname, int
 void StatsWindow::setPlayerName(const std::string& playerName)
 {
     static_cast<MyGUI::Window*>(mMainWidget)->setCaption(playerName);
+    adjustWindowCaption();
 }
 
 void StatsWindow::setValue (const std::string& id, const MWMechanics::Stat<int>& value)
diff --git a/libs/openengine/gui/layout.hpp b/libs/openengine/gui/layout.hpp
index b95dcc4a5..bda8935af 100644
--- a/libs/openengine/gui/layout.hpp
+++ b/libs/openengine/gui/layout.hpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace GUI
       // adjust the size of the window caption so that all text is visible
       // NOTE: this assumes that mMainWidget is of type Window.
       MyGUI::TextBox* box = static_cast<MyGUI::Window*>(mMainWidget)->getCaptionWidget();
-      box->setSize(box->getTextSize().width + 48, box->getSize().height);
+      box->setSize(box->getTextSize().width + 24, box->getSize().height);
 
       // in order to trigger alignment updates, we need to update the parent
       // mygui doesn't provide a proper way of doing this, so we are just changing size