diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py
index 0608c733..942f6bf1 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'bitmessageui.ui'
 #
-# Created: Wed Aug 14 23:19:43 2013
+# Created: Thu Aug 15 09:54:36 2013
 #      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.10
 #
 # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.tableWidgetInbox.verticalHeader().setDefaultSectionSize(26)
         self.textEditInboxMessage = QtGui.QTextEdit(self.splitter)
         self.textEditInboxMessage.setBaseSize(QtCore.QSize(0, 500))
+        self.textEditInboxMessage.setReadOnly(True)
         self.textEditInboxMessage.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("textEditInboxMessage"))
         self.verticalLayout_2.addWidget(self.splitter)
         icon1 = QtGui.QIcon()
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ class Ui_MainWindow(object):
         self.tableWidgetSent.verticalHeader().setVisible(False)
         self.tableWidgetSent.verticalHeader().setStretchLastSection(False)
         self.textEditSentMessage = QtGui.QTextEdit(self.splitter_2)
+        self.textEditSentMessage.setReadOnly(True)
         self.textEditSentMessage.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("textEditSentMessage"))
         self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.splitter_2)
         icon3 = QtGui.QIcon()
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui
index 226e6a64..22b6c314 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/bitmessageui.ui
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@
              <height>500</height>
             </size>
            </property>
+           <property name="readOnly">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+           </property>
           </widget>
          </widget>
         </item>
@@ -486,7 +489,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
             </property>
            </column>
           </widget>
-          <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEditSentMessage"/>
+          <widget class="QTextEdit" name="textEditSentMessage">
+           <property name="readOnly">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
          </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>