diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
index 4d639b37373d2caeb3d8ee4efff1b3a4fe55019c..4d2c3e15c87d020665002effbb69cfd78062bfc0 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ slotmap::new_key_type! {
 }
 
 thread_local! {
-    pub(crate) static ELEMENT_ARENA: RefCell<Arena> = RefCell::new(Arena::new(8 * 1024 * 1024));
+    /// 8MB wasn't quite enough...
+    pub(crate) static ELEMENT_ARENA: RefCell<Arena> = RefCell::new(Arena::new(32 * 1024 * 1024));
 }
 
 impl FocusId {