diff --git a/src/guiChatConsole.cpp b/src/guiChatConsole.cpp
index 7e90bf43a..0dbddf31c 100644
--- a/src/guiChatConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/guiChatConsole.cpp
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ void GUIChatConsole::draw()
 		// scale current console height to new window size
 		if (m_screensize.Y != 0)
 			m_height = m_height * screensize.Y / m_screensize.Y;
-		m_desired_height = m_desired_height_fraction * m_screensize.Y;
 		m_screensize = screensize;
+		m_desired_height = m_desired_height_fraction * m_screensize.Y;
 		reformatConsole();
 	}