diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
index ee8cd84261..72b0fd9b1c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/metadata/single_download.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from calibre.utils.logging import GUILog as Log
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.sources.identify import urls_from_identifiers
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import Metadata
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf2 import OPF
-from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, NONE, rating_font
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, NONE, rating_font, gprefs
 from calibre.utils.date import (utcnow, fromordinal, format_date,
         UNDEFINED_DATE, as_utc)
 from calibre.library.comments import comments_to_html
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ class ResultsView(QTableView): # {{{
             sm = self.selectionModel()
             sm.select(idx, sm.ClearAndSelect|sm.Rows)
 
+    def resize_delegate(self):
+        self.rt_delegate.max_width = int(self.width()/2.1)
+        self.resizeColumnsToContents()
+
+    def resizeEvent(self, ev):
+        ret = super(ResultsView, self).resizeEvent(ev)
+        self.resize_delegate()
+        return ret
+
     def currentChanged(self, current, previous):
         ret = QTableView.currentChanged(self, current, previous)
         self.show_details(current)
@@ -385,7 +394,7 @@ class IdentifyWorker(Thread): # {{{
 
     def sample_results(self):
         m1 = Metadata('The Great Gatsby', ['Francis Scott Fitzgerald'])
-        m2 = Metadata('The Great Gatsby', ['F. Scott Fitzgerald'])
+        m2 = Metadata('The Great Gatsby - An extra long title to test resizing', ['F. Scott Fitzgerald'])
         m1.has_cached_cover_url = True
         m2.has_cached_cover_url = False
         m1.comments  = 'Some comments '*10
@@ -963,12 +972,16 @@ class FullFetch(QDialog): # {{{
         self.covers_widget.chosen.connect(self.ok_clicked)
         self.stack.addWidget(self.covers_widget)
 
+        self.resize(850, 600)
+        geom = gprefs.get('metadata_single_gui_geom', None)
+        if geom is not None and geom:
+            self.restoreGeometry(geom)
+
         # Workaround for Qt 4.8.0 bug that causes the frame of the window to go
         # off the top of the screen if a max height is not set for the
         # QWebView. Seems to only happen on windows, but keep it for all
         # platforms just in case.
-        self.identify_widget.comments_view.setMaximumHeight(500)
-        self.resize(850, 600)
+        self.identify_widget.comments_view.setMaximumHeight(self.height()-100)
 
         self.finished.connect(self.cleanup)
 
@@ -995,12 +1008,14 @@ class FullFetch(QDialog): # {{{
         self.covers_widget.reset_covers()
 
     def accept(self):
+        gprefs['metadata_single_gui_geom'] = bytearray(self.saveGeometry())
         if self.stack.currentIndex() == 1:
             return QDialog.accept(self)
         # Prevent the usual dialog accept mechanisms from working
         pass
 
     def reject(self):
+        gprefs['metadata_single_gui_geom'] = bytearray(self.saveGeometry())
         self.identify_widget.cancel()
         self.covers_widget.cancel()
         return QDialog.reject(self)