diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 877cb0f..506a2cc 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.messages.2-4-0"
+		date="2019-10-25">
+		<Change>Bug #17876 the message menu isn't fully displayed if there is only one message or no other messages below</Change>
+		<Change>Incident #17778 direct download attachment does not work</Change>
+	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.messages.2-3-0"
 		date="2019-02-28">
 		<Change>Feature #10068, Request for enhancement: new Messages is error prone and challenging to use</Change>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4d90c4..5ec94c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwt.version>2.8.1</gwt.version>
+		<gwt.version>2.8.2</gwt.version>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 		<!-- GWT 2.8 requires 1.8 -->
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-		<gwt-material.version>2.0-rc6</gwt-material.version>
+		<gwt-material.version>2.0.1</gwt-material.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.8.1</version>
+				<version>${gwt.version}</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<goals>
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.1.1</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<phase>compile</phase>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/autocomplete/MaterialAutoComplete.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/autocomplete/MaterialAutoComplete.java
index 1df4399..bb27e9f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/autocomplete/MaterialAutoComplete.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/autocomplete/MaterialAutoComplete.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import gwt.material.design.client.constants.IconType;
 import gwt.material.design.client.constants.ProgressType;
 import gwt.material.design.client.ui.MaterialChip;
 import gwt.material.design.client.ui.MaterialLabel;
+import gwt.material.design.client.ui.MaterialProgress;
 import gwt.material.design.client.ui.html.Label;
 import gwt.material.design.client.ui.html.ListItem;
 import gwt.material.design.client.ui.html.UnorderedList;
@@ -703,4 +704,10 @@ public class MaterialAutoComplete extends AbstractValueWidget<List<? extends Sug
     public SuggestBox getSuggestBox() {
         return suggestBox;
     }
+
+	@Override
+	public MaterialProgress getProgress() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/ApplicationView.ui.xml b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/ApplicationView.ui.xml
index 40fa36e..17f11fb 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/ApplicationView.ui.xml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/ApplicationView.ui.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	
 	.marginTop {
 		margin-top: 0px;
+		min-height: 800px;
 	}
 	
 	.overflowXHidden {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/AttachmentMenu.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/AttachmentMenu.java
index f8a56ee..5bed01d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/AttachmentMenu.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portets/user/message_conversations/client/ui/AttachmentMenu.java
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ public class AttachmentMenu extends Composite  {
 			public void onSaving(Item parent, String fileName) {
 				GWT.log("onSaving parent: "+parent +", fileName" +fileName);
 				wpTreepopup.hide();
-				MaterialLoader.showProgress(true, parentButton);
+				MaterialLoader.progress(true, parentButton);
 				convService.saveAttachmentToWorkspaceFolder(item.getIdentifier(), parent.getId(), new AsyncCallback<Boolean>() {
 					@Override
 					public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
-						MaterialLoader.showProgress(false, parentButton);
+						MaterialLoader.progress(false, parentButton);
 						MaterialToast.fireToast("Warning: could not save this file to the selected Workspace folder, please retry", "rounded");	
 					}
 					@Override
 					public void onSuccess(Boolean result) {
-						MaterialLoader.showProgress(false, parentButton);
+						MaterialLoader.progress(false, parentButton);
 						MaterialToast.fireToast("File " +fileName+" Saved succesfully");							
 					}
 				});
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/MessageConversations.css b/src/main/webapp/MessageConversations.css
index 7c3fe23..8a80078 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/MessageConversations.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/MessageConversations.css
@@ -1,59 +1,61 @@
 /* Customisation to avoid bootstrap and material clashes for modal*/
-#wpTreepopup > div.modal-header > h3 {
+#wpTreepopup>div.modal-header>h3 {
 	font-size: 1.5em;
 	line-height: 20px;
 }
 
-#wpTreepopup > div.modal-body {
+#wpTreepopup>div.modal-body {
 	height: 280px;
 	padding: 3px;
 }
 
-#wpTreepopup > div.modal-body > table > tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td {
+#wpTreepopup>div.modal-body>table>tbody>tr:nth-child (1) >td {
 	padding: 0px;
 }
 
-#wpTreepopup > div.modal-body div.breadcrumbs-navigator > div > ul{
+#wpTreepopup>div.modal-body div.breadcrumbs-navigator>div>ul {
 	padding: 0px;
 	margin: 0px;
 }
-#wpTreepopup > div.modal-footer div.htmlSaveName {
+
+#wpTreepopup>div.modal-footer div.htmlSaveName {
 	display: none;
 }
 
-#wpTreepopup > div.modal-footer > input {
+#wpTreepopup>div.modal-footer>input {
 	margin: 0px;
 	height: 20px;
 }
 /* END Customisation to avoid bootstrap and material clashes for modal*/
 .unread-message {
-		border-left: 3px solid #2196f3;
-	}
+	border-left: 5px solid #2196f3;
+	font-weight: 500;
+}
 
 .collection .collection-item.active {
-    background-color: #0277bd !important;
+	background-color: #0277bd !important;
 }
 
 .collection .collection-item.active span.black-text {
-    color: #fff !important;
+	color: #fff !important;
 }
 
 .collection .collection-item.active span.grey-text {
-    color: #ccc !important;
+	color: #ccc !important;
 }
 
-.message-metadata > div:not(.empty-state) h4 {
+.message-metadata>div:not (.empty-state ) h4 {
 	font-size: 2em;
 	margin-top: 10px !important;
 	font-weight: 400 !important;
 }
 
-.message-metadata > div.message-sender h4 {
+.message-metadata>div.message-sender h4 {
 	font-size: 2.2em;
 	font-weight: 500 !important;
 }
 
-.message-metadata > div.message-recipients h4 {
+.message-metadata>div.message-recipients h4 {
 	font-size: 1.6em;
 	color: #555;
 	padding-bottom: 5px;
@@ -61,14 +63,13 @@
 }
 
 .gwt-SuggestBoxPopup .item-selected {
-	color: #1565c0  !important;
-	
+	color: #1565c0 !important;
 }
+
 .breadcrumb {
-    padding: 2px 10px;
+	padding: 2px 10px;
 }
 
 div.modal.BS-Navigator.in div.modal-body {
 	height: 300px;
-}
-	
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file