diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/editor.jade
index b30301c0cc..e666724b09 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor.jade
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ block content
 
 				include ./editor/share
 
-				#ide-body(ng-cloak, layout="main", ng-hide="state.loading", resize-on="layout:chat:resize")
+				#ide-body(
+					ng-cloak,
+					layout="main",
+					ng-hide="state.loading",
+					resize-on="layout:chat:resize",
+					minimum-restore-size-west="130"
+				)
 					.ui-layout-west
 						include ./editor/file-tree
 
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.jade
index 2241eb3cd2..59399e2aae 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.jade
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ div.full-size(
 	resize-on="layout:main:resize"
 	resize-proportionally="true"
 	initial-size-east="'50%'"
+	minimum-restore-size-east="300"
 )
 	.ui-layout-center
 		.loading-panel(ng-show="!editor.sharejs_doc || editor.opening")
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/layout.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/layout.coffee
index 3421b0a613..146952dc23 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/layout.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/layout.coffee
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ define [
 
 					# Restore previously recorded state
 					if (state = ide.localStorage("layout.#{name}"))?
-						options.west = state.west
-						options.east = state.east
+						if state.east?
+							if !attrs.minimumRestoreSizeEast? or (state.east.size >= attrs.minimumRestoreSizeEast and !state.east.initClosed)
+								options.east = state.east
+						if state.west?
+							if !attrs.minimumRestoreSizeWest? or (state.west.size >= attrs.minimumRestoreSizeWest and !state.west.initClosed)
+								options.west = state.west
 
 					repositionControls = () ->
 						state = element.layout().readState()