diff --git a/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp b/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
index 4b9601430..f1e91bd0b 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
@@ -1235,10 +1235,14 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::parseTable(parserData* data, const std::string &element)
 		item = wide_to_utf8(unescape_translate(utf8_to_wide(unescape_string(item))));
 	}
 
-	//now really show table
 	GUITable *e = new GUITable(Environment, data->current_parent, spec.fid,
 			rect, m_tsrc);
 
+	// Apply styling before calculating the cell sizes
+	auto style = getDefaultStyleForElement("table", name);
+	e->setNotClipped(style.getBool(StyleSpec::NOCLIP, false));
+	e->setOverrideFont(style.getFont());
+
 	if (spec.fname == m_focused_element) {
 		Environment->setFocus(e);
 	}
@@ -1252,10 +1256,6 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::parseTable(parserData* data, const std::string &element)
 	if (!str_initial_selection.empty() && str_initial_selection != "0")
 		e->setSelected(stoi(str_initial_selection));
 
-	auto style = getDefaultStyleForElement("table", name);
-	e->setNotClipped(style.getBool(StyleSpec::NOCLIP, false));
-	e->setOverrideFont(style.getFont());
-
 	m_tables.emplace_back(spec, e);
 	m_fields.push_back(spec);
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/guiTable.h b/src/gui/guiTable.h
index 7dbf17a51..2ade0ee3e 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiTable.h
+++ b/src/gui/guiTable.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public:
 	void setTextList(const std::vector<std::string> &content,
 			bool transparent);
 
-	/* Set generic table options, columns and content */
+	/** Set generic table options, columns and content, calculate cell sizes */
 	// Adds empty strings to end of content if there is an incomplete row
 	void setTable(const TableOptions &options,
 			const TableColumns &columns,