diff --git a/build/js/ox.ui.js b/build/js/ox.ui.js
index 2f552b48..7a76dca5 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.ui.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.ui.js
@@ -6579,6 +6579,9 @@ requires
         });
         */
 
+        // fixme: without this, horizontal lists don't get their full width ... weird
+        self.options.orientation == 'horizontal' && that.$content.css({height: '1px'});
+
         $.extend(self, {
             $items: [],
             $pages: [],
@@ -7201,7 +7204,9 @@ requires
                         self.$items[pos].appendTo(self.$pages[page]);
                     });
                     self.options.type == 'text' && page == 0 && fillFirstPage();
-                    $emptyPage.remove();
+                    // fixme: why does emptyPage sometimes have no methods?
+                    Ox.print('emptyPage', $emptyPage)
+                    $emptyPage.removeElement && $emptyPage.removeElement();
                     self.$pages[page].appendTo(that.$content);
                     !Ox.isUndefined(callback) && callback(); // fixme: callback necessary? why not bind to event?
                 }));