diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index 20a518d28c..b1ccb651e9 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,11 @@ function handleCommonWindowEvents(window: BrowserWindow) {
 
 const DEFAULT_WIDTH = 800;
 const DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 610;
-const MIN_WIDTH = 680;
+// LARGEST_LEFT_PANE_WIDTH = 380
+// TIMELINE_WIDTH = 300
+// TIMELINE_MARGIN = 16 + 16
+// 712 = LARGEST_LEFT_PANE_WIDTH + TIMELINE_WIDTH + TIMELINE_MARGIN
+const MIN_WIDTH = 712;
 const MIN_HEIGHT = 550;
 const BOUNDS_BUFFER = 100;