diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
index 40955e79d3..4a73461de6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from threading import Thread
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import (
-    QApplication, Qt, QIcon, QTimer, QByteArray, QSize, QTime, QLabel,
+    QApplication, Qt, QIcon, QTimer, QByteArray, QSize, QTime,
     QPropertyAnimation, QUrl, QInputDialog, QAction, QModelIndex)
 
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.ui import Main as MainWindow
@@ -118,30 +118,6 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
         if pathtoebook is not None:
             f = functools.partial(self.load_ebook, pathtoebook, open_at=open_at)
             QTimer.singleShot(50, f)
-        self.view.setMinimumSize(100, 100)
-        self.full_screen_label = QLabel('''
-                <center>
-                <h1>%s</h1>
-                <h3>%s</h3>
-                <h3>%s</h3>
-                <h3>%s</h3>
-                </center>
-                '''%(_('Full screen mode'),
-                    _('Right click to show controls'),
-                    _('Tap in the left or right page margin to turn pages'),
-                    _('Press Esc to quit')),
-                    self.centralWidget())
-        self.full_screen_label.setVisible(False)
-        self.full_screen_label.setStyleSheet('''
-        QLabel {
-            text-align: center;
-            background-color: white;
-            color: black;
-            border-width: 1px;
-            border-style: solid;
-            border-radius: 20px;
-        }
-        ''')
         self.window_mode_changed = None
         self.toggle_toolbar_action = QAction(_('Show/hide controls'), self)
         self.toggle_toolbar_action.setCheckable(True)
@@ -150,24 +126,6 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
         self.addAction(self.toggle_toolbar_action)
         self.full_screen_label_anim = QPropertyAnimation(
                 self.full_screen_label, 'size')
-        self.clock_label = QLabel('99:99', self.centralWidget())
-        self.clock_label.setVisible(False)
-        self.clock_label.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus)
-        self.info_label_style = '''
-            QLabel {
-                text-align: center;
-                border-width: 1px;
-                border-style: solid;
-                border-radius: 8px;
-                background-color: %s;
-                color: %s;
-                font-family: monospace;
-                font-size: larger;
-                padding: 5px;
-        }'''
-        self.pos_label = QLabel('2000/4000', self.centralWidget())
-        self.pos_label.setVisible(False)
-        self.pos_label.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus)
         self.clock_timer = QTimer(self)
         self.clock_timer.timeout.connect(self.update_clock)
 
@@ -338,7 +296,7 @@ class EbookViewer(MainWindow):
 
     def show_full_screen_label(self):
         f = self.full_screen_label
-        height = f.final_height = 200
+        height = f.final_height
         width = int(0.7*self.view.width())
         f.resize(width, height)
         if self.view.document.show_fullscreen_help:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
index 3ccb592e08..b233a1e04a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import (
     QIcon, QWidget, Qt, QGridLayout, QScrollBar, QToolBar, QAction,
     QToolButton, QMenu, QDoubleSpinBox, pyqtSignal, QLineEdit,
     QRegExpValidator, QRegExp, QPalette, QColor, QBrush, QPainter,
-    QDockWidget, QSize)
+    QDockWidget, QSize, QLabel)
 from PyQt4.QtWebKit import QWebView
 
 from calibre.gui2 import rating_font
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow):
         c.setLayout(cl), cl.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
 
         self.view = v = DocumentView(self)
+        v.setMinimumSize(100, 100)
         self.view.initialize_view(debug_javascript)
         v.setObjectName('view')
         cl.addWidget(v)
@@ -229,6 +230,50 @@ class Main(MainWindow):
         self.metadata = Metadata(self.centralwidget)
         self.history = History(self.action_back, self.action_forward)
 
+        self.full_screen_label = QLabel('''
+                <center>
+                <h1>%s</h1>
+                <h3>%s</h3>
+                <h3>%s</h3>
+                <h3>%s</h3>
+                </center>
+                '''%(_('Full screen mode'),
+                    _('Right click to show controls'),
+                    _('Tap in the left or right page margin to turn pages'),
+                    _('Press Esc to quit')),
+                    self.centralWidget())
+        self.full_screen_label.setVisible(False)
+        self.full_screen_label.final_height = 200
+        self.full_screen_label.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus)
+        self.full_screen_label.setStyleSheet('''
+        QLabel {
+            text-align: center;
+            background-color: white;
+            color: black;
+            border-width: 1px;
+            border-style: solid;
+            border-radius: 20px;
+        }
+        ''')
+        self.clock_label = QLabel('99:99', self.centralWidget())
+        self.clock_label.setVisible(False)
+        self.clock_label.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus)
+        self.info_label_style = '''
+            QLabel {
+                text-align: center;
+                border-width: 1px;
+                border-style: solid;
+                border-radius: 8px;
+                background-color: %s;
+                color: %s;
+                font-family: monospace;
+                font-size: larger;
+                padding: 5px;
+        }'''
+        self.pos_label = QLabel('2000/4000', self.centralWidget())
+        self.pos_label.setVisible(False)
+        self.pos_label.setFocusPolicy(Qt.NoFocus)
+
         self.resize(653, 746)
 
     def resizeEvent(self, ev):