diff --git a/panemodel.go b/panemodel.go
index c4838ab..e60ba96 100644
--- a/panemodel.go
+++ b/panemodel.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 // Model Roles
 const (
 	PaneName = int(core.Qt__UserRole) + 1<<iota
+	PaneSticky
 	MsgModel
 )
 
@@ -27,14 +28,16 @@ type PaneModel struct {
 type Pane struct {
 	core.QObject
 
-	Name  string
-	Model *MessageModel
+	Name   string
+	Sticky bool
+	Model  *MessageModel
 }
 
 func (m *PaneModel) init() {
 	m.SetRoles(map[int]*core.QByteArray{
-		PaneName: core.NewQByteArray2("panename", -1),
-		MsgModel: core.NewQByteArray2("msgmodel", -1),
+		PaneName:   core.NewQByteArray2("panename", -1),
+		PaneSticky: core.NewQByteArray2("panesticky", -1),
+		MsgModel:   core.NewQByteArray2("msgmodel", -1),
 	})
 
 	m.ConnectData(m.data)
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@ func (m *PaneModel) data(index *core.QModelIndex, role int) *core.QVariant {
 		{
 			return core.NewQVariant14(p.Name)
 		}
+	case PaneSticky:
+		{
+			return core.NewQVariant11(p.Sticky)
+		}
 	case MsgModel:
 		{
 			return p.Model.ToVariant()
@@ -97,8 +104,14 @@ func (m *PaneModel) roleNames() map[int]*core.QByteArray {
 }
 
 func (m *PaneModel) addPane(p *Pane) {
-	m.BeginInsertRows(core.NewQModelIndex(), len(m.Panes()), len(m.Panes()))
-	m.SetPanes(append(m.Panes(), p))
+	// add pane before the last pane, which is always the notifications pane
+	if len(m.Panes()) == 0 {
+		m.BeginInsertRows(core.NewQModelIndex(), 0, 0)
+		m.SetPanes(append(m.Panes(), p))
+	} else {
+		m.BeginInsertRows(core.NewQModelIndex(), len(m.Panes())-1, len(m.Panes())-1)
+		m.SetPanes(append(m.Panes()[:len(m.Panes())-1], p, m.Panes()[len(m.Panes())-1]))
+	}
 	m.EndInsertRows()
 }
 
diff --git a/qml/MessagePane.qml b/qml/MessagePane.qml
index 90cfbc8..5384931 100644
--- a/qml/MessagePane.qml
+++ b/qml/MessagePane.qml
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3
 ColumnLayout {
     property int idx
     property string name
+    property bool sticky
     property variant messageModel
 
     MessageList {
         Layout.fillHeight: true
         Layout.fillWidth: true
+        Layout.minimumWidth: 320
 
         id: messagePane
         anchors.margins: 16
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
                 verticalAlignment: Label.AlignVCenter
             }
             Label {
+                visible: !sticky
                 z: 3
                 anchors.fill: parent
                 anchors.rightMargin: 24
diff --git a/qml/telephant.qml b/qml/telephant.qml
index 776fcf3..1538ef7 100644
--- a/qml/telephant.qml
+++ b/qml/telephant.qml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import QtQuick 2.4
-import QtQuick.Controls 2.1
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.5
 import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.1
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         color: Material.color(Material.Grey, Material.Shade900)
     }
 
-    minimumWidth: 790
+    minimumWidth: 600
     minimumHeight: 590
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
@@ -268,24 +268,33 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         }
     }
 
-    GridLayout {
-        id: maingrid
-        // columns: accountBridge.panes.length
-        rows: 1
+    ScrollView {
+        id: mainscroll
         anchors.fill: parent
-        anchors.margins: 0
-        columnSpacing: 0
-        rowSpacing: 0
+        ScrollBar.horizontal.policy: contentWidth > width ? ScrollBar.AlwaysOn : ScrollBar.AlwaysOff
+        ScrollBar.vertical.policy: ScrollBar.AlwaysOff
+        contentWidth: Math.max(maingrid.implicitWidth, width)
 
-        Repeater {
-            model: accountBridge.panes
-            MessagePane {
-                Layout.row: 0
-                Layout.column: index
+        GridLayout {
+            id: maingrid
+            // columns: accountBridge.panes.length
+            rows: 1
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            anchors.margins: 0
+            columnSpacing: 0
+            rowSpacing: 0
 
-                idx: index
-                name: model.panename
-                messageModel: model.msgmodel
+            Repeater {
+                model: accountBridge.panes
+                MessagePane {
+                    Layout.row: 0
+                    Layout.column: index
+
+                    idx: index
+                    name: model.panename
+                    sticky: model.panesticky
+                    messageModel: model.msgmodel
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/telephant.go b/telephant.go
index ed4d89a..2d3f985 100644
--- a/telephant.go
+++ b/telephant.go
@@ -244,18 +244,21 @@ func runApp(config Config) {
 // setupMastodon starts a new Mastodon client and sets up event handling & models for it
 func setupMastodon(config Account) {
 	tc = mastodon.NewAccount(config.Instance, config.Token, config.ClientID, config.ClientSecret)
-
 	postModel := NewMessageModel(nil)
+
+	// Notifications model must the first model to be added
+	// It will always be displayed right-most
 	{
 		var pane = NewPane(nil)
-		pane.Name = "Messages"
-		pane.Model = postModel
+		pane.Name = "Notifications"
+		pane.Sticky = true
+		pane.Model = notificationModel
 		paneModel.AddPane(pane)
 	}
 	{
 		var pane = NewPane(nil)
-		pane.Name = "Notifications"
-		pane.Model = notificationModel
+		pane.Name = "Messages"
+		pane.Model = postModel
 		paneModel.AddPane(pane)
 	}
 	accountBridge.SetPanes(paneModel)