diff --git a/webapp/web/admin/sparqlquery/sparqlForm.jsp b/webapp/web/admin/sparqlquery/sparqlForm.jsp
index a7d1b89f6..05f634241 100644
--- a/webapp/web/admin/sparqlquery/sparqlForm.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/admin/sparqlquery/sparqlForm.jsp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <form action='sparqlquery'>
 query:
 <div>
-<textarea name='query' rows ='23' cols='100' class="span-23">
+<textarea name='query' rows ='30' cols='100' class="span-23">
 PREFIX rdf:   <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
 PREFIX rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
 PREFIX xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>