diff --git a/companion/src/simulation/widgets/virtualjoystickwidget.cpp b/companion/src/simulation/widgets/virtualjoystickwidget.cpp
index 8ba63daa4..7fdab15bb 100644
--- a/companion/src/simulation/widgets/virtualjoystickwidget.cpp
+++ b/companion/src/simulation/widgets/virtualjoystickwidget.cpp
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ QLayout *VirtualJoystickWidget::createNodeValueLayout(QChar type, QLabel *& valL
   val->setObjectName(QString("val_%1").arg(type));
   val->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
   val->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
-  val->setMinimumWidth(val->fontMetrics().horizontalAdvance("-100 "));
+  val->setMinimumWidth(val->fontMetrics().width("-100 "));
+  // TODO 2.4 => val->setMinimumWidth(val->fontMetrics().horizontalAdvance("-100 "));
   QVBoxLayout * layout = new QVBoxLayout();
   layout->setContentsMargins(2, 2, 2, 2);
   layout->setSpacing(2);