diff --git a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java
index a132b55..418660b 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/envoy/client/ui/listcell/MessageControl.java
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem;
 import javafx.scene.image.Image;
 import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
-import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
-import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
+import javafx.scene.layout.*;
 
 import envoy.client.data.LocalDB;
 import envoy.client.ui.AudioControl;
@@ -110,12 +109,17 @@ public class MessageControl extends Label {
 		final var textLabel = new Label(message.getText());
 		textLabel.setMaxWidth(430);
 		textLabel.setWrapText(true);
-		vbox.getChildren().add(textLabel);
+		HBox hBoxBottom = new HBox();
+		hBoxBottom.getChildren().add(textLabel);
 		// Setting the message status icon and background color
 		if (message.getSenderID() == localDB.getUser().getID()) {
 			final var statusIcon = new ImageView(statusImages.get(message.getStatus()));
 			statusIcon.setPreserveRatio(true);
-			vbox.getChildren().add(statusIcon);
+			Region space = new Region();
+			hBoxBottom.setHgrow(space, Priority.ALWAYS);
+			hBoxBottom.getChildren().add(space);
+			hBoxBottom.getChildren().add(statusIcon);
+			hBoxBottom.setAlignment(Pos.BOTTOM_RIGHT);
 			getStyleClass().add("own-message");
 			ownMessage = true;
 			hbox.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER_RIGHT);
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ public class MessageControl extends Label {
 			getStyleClass().add("received-message");
 			ownMessage = false;
 		}
+		vbox.getChildren().add(hBoxBottom);
 		// Adjusting height and weight of the cell to the corresponding ListView
 		paddingProperty().setValue(new Insets(5, 20, 5, 20));
 		setContextMenu(contextMenu);
diff --git a/client/src/main/resources/css/base.css b/client/src/main/resources/css/base.css
index cee70a2..9ffe4ff 100644
--- a/client/src/main/resources/css/base.css
+++ b/client/src/main/resources/css/base.css
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@
 
 .received-message {
 	-fx-alignment: center-left;
-	-fx-background-radius: 4.0em;
+	-fx-background-radius: 1.3em;
 	-fx-text-alignment: right;
 }
 
 .own-message {
 	-fx-alignment: center-right;
-	-fx-background-radius: 4.0em;
+	-fx-background-radius: 1.3em;
 	-fx-text-alignment: left;
 }