diff --git a/widgets/compact.go b/widgets/compact.go
index aebdbb2..b4acdd1 100644
--- a/widgets/compact.go
+++ b/widgets/compact.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ func NewCompact(id string, name string) *Compact {
 		Cid:    compactPar(id),
 		Net:    compactPar("-"),
 		Name:   compactPar(name),
-		Cpu:    mkGauge(),
-		Memory: mkGauge(),
+		Cpu:    slimGauge(),
+		Memory: slimGauge(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -82,3 +82,14 @@ func (w *Compact) SetMem(val int64, limit int64, percent int) {
 	}
 	w.Memory.Percent = percent
 }
+
+func slimGauge() *ui.Gauge {
+	g := ui.NewGauge()
+	g.Height = 1
+	g.Border = false
+	g.Percent = 0
+	g.PaddingBottom = 0
+	g.BarColor = ui.ColorGreen
+	g.Label = "-"
+	return g
+}
diff --git a/widgets/expanded.go b/widgets/expanded.go
index e8ccdab..6579c2b 100644
--- a/widgets/expanded.go
+++ b/widgets/expanded.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func NewInfo(id, name string) *ui.Table {
 		[]string{"id", id},
 	}
 	p.Height = 4
-	p.Width = 40
+	p.Width = 50
 	p.FgColor = ui.ColorWhite
 	p.Seperator = false
 	return p
diff --git a/widgets/expanded_mem.go b/widgets/expanded_mem.go
index f832ca3..cbd5dd6 100644
--- a/widgets/expanded_mem.go
+++ b/widgets/expanded_mem.go
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ExpandedMem struct {
-	*ui.MBarChart
-	valHist   IntHistData
-	limitHist IntHistData
+	*ui.BarChart
+	hist IntHistData
 }
 
 func NewExpandedMem() *ExpandedMem {
 	mem := &ExpandedMem{
-		ui.NewMBarChart(),
-		NewIntHistData(8),
+		ui.NewBarChart(),
 		NewIntHistData(8),
 	}
 	mem.BorderLabel = "MEM"
@@ -21,21 +19,22 @@ func NewExpandedMem() *ExpandedMem {
 	mem.Width = 50
 	mem.BarWidth = 5
 	mem.BarGap = 1
-	mem.X = 51
-	mem.Y = 4
+	mem.X = 0
+	mem.Y = 14
 	mem.TextColor = ui.ColorDefault
-	mem.Data[0] = mem.valHist.data
-	mem.Data[0] = mem.valHist.data
-	mem.Data[1] = mem.limitHist.data
-	mem.BarColor[0] = ui.ColorGreen
-	mem.BarColor[1] = ui.ColorBlack
-	mem.DataLabels = mem.valHist.labels
-	//mem.ShowScale = true
+	mem.Data = mem.hist.data
+	mem.BarColor = ui.ColorGreen
+	mem.DataLabels = mem.hist.labels
+	mem.NumFmt = byteFormatInt
 	return mem
 }
 
 func (w *ExpandedMem) Update(val int, limit int) {
-	w.valHist.Append(val)
-	w.limitHist.Append(limit - val)
-	//w.Data[0] = w.hist.data
+	// implement our own scaling for mem graph
+	if val*4 < limit {
+		w.SetMax(val * 4)
+	} else {
+		w.SetMax(limit)
+	}
+	w.hist.Append(val)
 }
diff --git a/widgets/expanded_net.go b/widgets/expanded_net.go
index 21ec8c6..3019b13 100644
--- a/widgets/expanded_net.go
+++ b/widgets/expanded_net.go
@@ -14,23 +14,23 @@ type ExpandedNet struct {
 }
 
 func NewExpandedNet() *ExpandedNet {
-	net := &ExpandedNet{ui.NewSparklines(), NewDiffHistData(30), NewDiffHistData(30)}
+	net := &ExpandedNet{ui.NewSparklines(), NewDiffHistData(50), NewDiffHistData(50)}
 	net.BorderLabel = "NET"
-	net.Height = 8
-	net.Width = 35
+	net.Height = 6
+	net.Width = 50
 	net.X = 0
-	net.Y = 15
+	net.Y = 24
 
 	rx := ui.NewSparkline()
 	rx.Title = "RX"
-	rx.Height = 2
+	rx.Height = 1
 	rx.Data = net.rxHist.data
 	rx.TitleColor = ui.ColorDefault
 	rx.LineColor = ui.ColorGreen
 
 	tx := ui.NewSparkline()
 	tx.Title = "TX"
-	tx.Height = 2
+	tx.Height = 1
 	tx.Data = net.txHist.data
 	tx.TitleColor = ui.ColorDefault
 	tx.LineColor = ui.ColorYellow
diff --git a/widgets/util.go b/widgets/util.go
index 53b2147..d7c7af9 100644
--- a/widgets/util.go
+++ b/widgets/util.go
@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@ func compactPar(s string) *ui.Par {
 	return p
 }
 
-func mkGauge() *ui.Gauge {
-	g := ui.NewGauge()
-	g.Height = 1
-	g.Border = false
-	g.Percent = 0
-	g.PaddingBottom = 0
-	g.BarColor = ui.ColorGreen
-	g.Label = "-"
-	return g
-}
-
 func colorScale(n int) ui.Attribute {
 	if n > 70 {
 		return ui.ColorRed