diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b13fd92b9..63830c33e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	* Add search as you type to the torrent view
 	* #1456: Fix no ETA showing with multiple files
 	* #1560: Fix FilesTab Progress value sorting by int instead of float
+	* #1263: Fix not remembering column widths
 
 === AutoAdd ===
 	* #1861: Fix AutoAdd Warning (column number is a boolean)
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/listview.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/listview.py
index bdf8d35d2..a6872119e 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/listview.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/listview.py
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ class ListView:
         # A list of ListViewColumnStates
         state = []
 
+        # Workaround for all zero widths after removing column on shutdown
+        if not any(c.get_width() for c in self.treeview.get_columns()): return
+
         # Get the list of TreeViewColumns from the TreeView
         for counter, column in enumerate(self.treeview.get_columns()):
             # Append a new column state to the state list
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/torrentview.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/torrentview.py
index 9fa47e476..451150f4b 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/torrentview.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/torrentview.py
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ class TorrentView(listview.ListView, component.Component):
         """
         listview.ListView.save_state(self, "torrentview.state")
 
+    def remove_column(self, header):
+        """Removes the column with the name 'header' from the torrentview"""
+        self.save_state()
+        listview.ListView.remove_column(self, header)
+
     def set_filter(self, filter_dict):
         """Sets filters for the torrentview..
         see: core.get_torrents_status