diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRules.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRules.js
index 475cea4c3..2fe57bb71 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRules.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRules.js
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ const KapacitorRules = ({
   )
 }
 
-const PageContents = ({children, source, tickscript, onCloseTickscript}) => (
-  <div>
+const PageContents = ({children, source, tickscript, onCloseTickscript}) =>
+  <div className="page">
     <div className="page-header">
       <div className="page-header__container">
         <div className="page-header__left">
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ const PageContents = ({children, source, tickscript, onCloseTickscript}) => (
         />
       : null}
   </div>
-)
 
 const {arrayOf, bool, func, node, shape, string} = PropTypes
 
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRulesTable.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRulesTable.js
index 24adbe4d2..4c12caaa5 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRulesTable.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/KapacitorRulesTable.js
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 import React, {PropTypes} from 'react'
 import {Link} from 'react-router'
 
+import {KAPACITOR_RULES_TABLE} from 'src/kapacitor/constants/tableSizing'
+const {
+  colName,
+  colType,
+  colMessage,
+  colAlerts,
+  colEnabled,
+  colActions,
+} = KAPACITOR_RULES_TABLE
+
 const KapacitorRulesTable = ({
   rules,
   source,
   onDelete,
   onReadTickscript,
   onChangeRuleStatus,
-}) => (
+}) =>
   <div className="panel-body">
     <table className="table v-center">
       <thead>
         <tr>
-          <th>Name</th>
-          <th>Rule Type</th>
-          <th>Message</th>
-          <th>Alerts</th>
-          <th className="text-center">Enabled</th>
-          <th />
+          <th style={{width: colName}}>Name</th>
+          <th style={{width: colType}}>Rule Type</th>
+          <th style={{width: colMessage}}>Message</th>
+          <th style={{width: colAlerts}}>Alerts</th>
+          <th style={{width: colEnabled}} className="text-center">Enabled</th>
+          <th style={{width: colActions}} />
         </tr>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
@@ -36,17 +46,25 @@ const KapacitorRulesTable = ({
       </tbody>
     </table>
   </div>
-)
 
-const RuleRow = ({rule, source, onRead, onDelete, onChangeRuleStatus}) => (
+const RuleRow = ({rule, source, onRead, onDelete, onChangeRuleStatus}) =>
   <tr key={rule.id}>
-    <td className="monotype">
+    <td style={{width: colName}} className="monotype">
       <RuleTitle rule={rule} source={source} />
     </td>
-    <td className="monotype">{rule.trigger}</td>
-    <td className="monotype">{rule.message}</td>
-    <td className="monotype">{rule.alerts.join(', ')}</td>
-    <td className="monotype text-center">
+    <td style={{width: colType}} className="monotype">{rule.trigger}</td>
+    <td className="monotype">
+      <span
+        className="table-cell-nowrap"
+        style={{display: 'inline-block', maxWidth: colMessage}}
+      >
+        {rule.message}
+      </span>
+    </td>
+    <td style={{width: colAlerts}} className="monotype">
+      {rule.alerts.join(', ')}
+    </td>
+    <td style={{width: colEnabled}} className="monotype text-center">
       <div className="dark-checkbox">
         <input
           id={`kapacitor-enabled ${rule.id}`}
@@ -58,7 +76,7 @@ const RuleRow = ({rule, source, onRead, onDelete, onChangeRuleStatus}) => (
         <label htmlFor={`kapacitor-enabled ${rule.id}`} />
       </div>
     </td>
-    <td className="text-right" style={{display: 'flex'}}>
+    <td style={{width: colActions}} className="text-right table-cell-nowrap">
       <button className="btn btn-info btn-xs" onClick={() => onRead(rule)}>
         View TICKscript
       </button>
@@ -67,7 +85,6 @@ const RuleRow = ({rule, source, onRead, onDelete, onChangeRuleStatus}) => (
       </button>
     </td>
   </tr>
-)
 
 const RuleTitle = ({rule: {id, name, query}, source}) => {
   // no queryConfig means the rule was manually created outside of Chronograf
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/tableSizing.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/tableSizing.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d96be762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/tableSizing.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const KAPACITOR_RULES_TABLE = {
+  colName: '200px',
+  colType: '90px',
+  colMessage: '460px',
+  colAlerts: '120px',
+  colEnabled: '64px',
+  colActions: '176px',
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/KapacitorRulesPage.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/KapacitorRulesPage.js
index 57d31448f..95ccdf553 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/KapacitorRulesPage.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/KapacitorRulesPage.js
@@ -55,19 +55,17 @@ class KapacitorRulesPage extends Component {
     const {hasKapacitor, loading, tickscript} = this.state
 
     return (
-      <div>
-        <KapacitorRules
-          source={source}
-          rules={rules}
-          hasKapacitor={hasKapacitor}
-          loading={loading}
-          onDelete={this.handleDeleteRule}
-          onChangeRuleStatus={this.handleRuleStatus}
-          onReadTickscript={this.handleReadTickscript}
-          tickscript={tickscript}
-          onCloseTickscript={this.handleCloseTickscript}
-        />
-      </div>
+      <KapacitorRules
+        source={source}
+        rules={rules}
+        hasKapacitor={hasKapacitor}
+        loading={loading}
+        onDelete={this.handleDeleteRule}
+        onChangeRuleStatus={this.handleRuleStatus}
+        onReadTickscript={this.handleReadTickscript}
+        tickscript={tickscript}
+        onCloseTickscript={this.handleCloseTickscript}
+      />
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/style/components/tables.scss b/ui/src/style/components/tables.scss
index 7f385f4a9..632f17e19 100644
--- a/ui/src/style/components/tables.scss
+++ b/ui/src/style/components/tables.scss
@@ -261,3 +261,14 @@ $table-tab-scrollbar-height: 6px;
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
   }
 }
+
+/*
+    No Wrap Cells
+    ----------------------------------------------
+*/
+
+table .table-cell-nowrap {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}