diff --git a/src/Mint-X/theme/Mint-X/cinnamon/cinnamon.css b/src/Mint-X/theme/Mint-X/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
index 0aa9da586..9c56425fa 100644
--- a/src/Mint-X/theme/Mint-X/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
+++ b/src/Mint-X/theme/Mint-X/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
@@ -932,7 +932,9 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:hover {
 }
 
 #notification-scrollview {
-    max-height: 100em;
+    max-height: 10em;
+    min-height: 3em;
+
 }
 
 #notification-scrollview > .top-shadow,
diff --git a/src/Mint-Y/cinnamon/sass/_common.scss b/src/Mint-Y/cinnamon/sass/_common.scss
index c461cae8a..a453685b7 100644
--- a/src/Mint-Y/cinnamon/sass/_common.scss
+++ b/src/Mint-Y/cinnamon/sass/_common.scss
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ StScrollBar {
 
   &-scrollview {
     max-height: 10em;
+    min-height: 3em;
 
     > .top-shadow, > .bottom-shadow { height: 1em; }