diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
index b758761692..e721a6d201 100644
--- a/actions/showstream.php
+++ b/actions/showstream.php
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends StreamAction {
 								  'href' => $noticeurl));
 		common_element('span', 'title', common_date_string($notice->created));
 		common_element('span', 'desc', $notice->content);
+		common_element_end('a');
 		common_element_end('li');
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 99a914a3a5..e8d0d53c9c 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -385,12 +385,12 @@ function common_notice_form() {
 	common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 3, 'cols' => 40,
 									 'name' => 'content',
 									 'id' => 'content', 
-									 'class' => 'width75'),
+									 'class' => 'width50'),
 				   ' ');
 	common_element_end('p');
 	common_submit('submit', _t('Send'));
 	common_element_end('form');
-	}
+}
 
 // XXX: set up gettext