diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index d696a7f..8a28162 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -903,6 +903,11 @@ class Interface(object):
             _log.debug('Data: %s', str(message))
             store.prepend([message])
         store.sort_column_changed()
+        if len(results) > 0:
+            # scroll to the first cell, to "show" that there are new items.
+            iter = self._grid.get_model().get_iter_first()
+            path = self._grid.get_model().get_path(iter)
+            self._grid.scroll_to_cell(path)
         self._grid.queue_draw()
 
         # once our update went fine, we can queue the next one. This avoids