diff --git a/data/gui/karts.stkgui b/data/gui/karts.stkgui
index 0e55e2223..aa1eb3a49 100644
--- a/data/gui/karts.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/karts.stkgui
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     
     <box proportion="2" width="100%" layout="vertical-row">
         <ribbon_grid id="karts" proportion="1" square_items="true" width="100%" align="center"
-                     child_width="80" child_height="80" max_rows="3"/>
+                     child_width="90" child_height="90" max_rows="3"/>
     </box>
     
     <!-- Groups will be added dynamically at runtime -->
diff --git a/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp b/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp
index b4610dccc..422988847 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ void DynamicRibbonWidget::add()
                 // get a better score. A number of rows that allows showing very few items
                 // will be penalized. A configuration that makes items much smaller than
                 // requested in the XML file will also be penalized.
+                float ratio = (float)item_height / (float)m_child_height;
                 const int score = int(log(2.0f*visible_items) *
-                                      std::min((float)item_height / (float)m_child_height, 1.0f) *
-                                      taken_area);
+                                      std::min(ratio, 1.0f) * taken_area);
                 
                 //std::cout << "   " << row_count << " rows : " <<  visible_items << " visible items; area = "
                 //          << taken_area << "; size penalty = " << std::min((float)item_height / (float)m_child_height, 1.0f)