diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/EditModal.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/EditModal.vue
index 995072d190..d376adeb7f 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/EditModal.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/EditModal.vue
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
               app
               style="height: calc(100% - 64px);"
               :minWidth="150"
+              :defaultWidth="250"
               :maxWidth="500"
               @scroll="scroll"
             >
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ResizableNavigationDrawer.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ResizableNavigationDrawer.vue
index a0c817f2dd..28801fefda 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ResizableNavigationDrawer.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/ResizableNavigationDrawer.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
         type: Number,
         default: 100,
       },
+      defaultWidth: {
+        type: Number,
+        default: 150,
+      },
       maxWidth: {
         type: Number,
         default: window.innerWidth - 100,
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@
       const localStorageName = this.localName + '-drawer-width';
       return {
         dragging: false,
-        width: parseFloat(localStorage[localStorageName]) || this.minWidth,
+        width: parseFloat(localStorage[localStorageName]) || this.defaultWidth || this.minWidth,
         localStorageName,
       };
     },
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py
index a186665dec..b34f311ece 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/views/settings.py
@@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ def form_valid(self, form):
                 "channels": channels,
             },
         )
+
         send_mail(
-            "Kolibri Studio storage request",
+            f"Kolibri Studio storage request from {self.request.user}",
             message,
             ccsettings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
             [ccsettings.SPACE_REQUEST_EMAIL, self.request.user.email],