diff --git a/termui/label_select.go b/termui/label_select.go
index 564045594412f95f305954ac4ea13b11dd06cae6..1a19a9e55d1c2bfdb394556cf0db66c3c20918d6 100644
--- a/termui/label_select.go
+++ b/termui/label_select.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (ls *labelSelect) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 	maxX, maxY := g.Size()
 	ls.childViews = nil
 
-	width := 0
+	width := 5
 	for _, label := range ls.labels {
 		width = maxInt(width, len(label))
 	}