diff --git a/soitool/main_window.py b/soitool/main_window.py
index b80c1a2fe791f3d98e4614a08b036c0e5a9cef77..769248414b3be9c778073601134ea8046d697876 100644
--- a/soitool/main_window.py
+++ b/soitool/main_window.py
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ class SOIWorkspaceWidget(QWidget):
         self.button_new_module.setStatusTip("Legg til en ny modul")
         self.button_setup = QPushButton("Oppsett")
         self.list_modules = QListWidget()
-
-        # NOTE point to pdf online for demonstration
-        self.view = PDFPreviewWidget('https://guides.github.com/pdfs/'
-                                     'markdown-cheatsheet-online.pdf')
+        self.view = ViewArea()
 
         # prepare module list
         self.setup_list_modules()
@@ -136,12 +133,10 @@ class SOIWorkspaceWidget(QWidget):
         self.layout_sidebar.addWidget(QListWidget(), 1)
         self.layout_sidebar.addWidget(self.button_new_module)
         self.layout_sidebar.addWidget(self.button_setup)
-        self.layout_sidebar_wrapper = QWidget()
-        self.layout_sidebar_wrapper.setFixedWidth(200)
-        self.layout_sidebar_wrapper.setLayout(self.layout_sidebar)
-        self.layout_wrapper.addWidget(self.layout_sidebar_wrapper)
+        self.layout_wrapper.addLayout(self.layout_sidebar)
         self.layout_wrapper.addWidget(self.view)
 
+        self.setFixedWidth(200)
         self.setLayout(self.layout_wrapper)
 
     def setup_list_modules(self):