diff --git a/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.cpp b/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.cpp
index 69c51fae..f3ab272c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ OverviewWidget::OverviewWidget(MainWindow *main, QAction *action) :
 
 OverviewWidget::~OverviewWidget() {}
 
+void OverviewWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
+{
+    graphView->refreshView();
+    QDockWidget::resizeEvent(event);
+}
+
 void OverviewWidget::updateContents()
 {
     if (!refreshDeferrer->attemptRefresh(nullptr)) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.h b/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.h
index c58c2b01..327bd7e8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.h
+++ b/src/widgets/OverviewWidget.h
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ public:
 
 private:
     RefreshDeferrer *refreshDeferrer;
+    /**
+     * @brief this takes care of scaling the overview when the widget is resized
+     */
+    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) override;
 
 private slots:
     /**