diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atoms/Views/ViewConstrainingView.m b/MVMCoreUI/Atoms/Views/ViewConstrainingView.m
index c6b1023e..66a3a83d 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atoms/Views/ViewConstrainingView.m
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atoms/Views/ViewConstrainingView.m
@@ -314,10 +314,14 @@
     [self.molecule updateView:size];
     [MFStyler setMarginsForView:self size:size defaultHorizontal:self.updateViewHorizontalDefaults top:(self.updateViewVerticalDefaults ? self.topMarginPadding : 0) bottom:(self.updateViewVerticalDefaults ? self.bottomMarginPadding : 0)];
     UIEdgeInsets margins = [MVMCoreUIUtility getMarginsForView:self];
-    [self setLeftPinConstant:margins.left];
-    [self setRightPinConstant:margins.right];
-    [self setTopPinConstant:margins.top];
-    [self setBottomPinConstant:margins.bottom];
+    if (self.updateViewHorizontalDefaults) {
+        [self setLeftPinConstant:margins.left];
+        [self setRightPinConstant:margins.right];
+    }
+    if (self.updateViewVerticalDefaults) {
+        [self setTopPinConstant:margins.top];
+        [self setBottomPinConstant:margins.bottom];
+    }
 }
 
 #pragma mark - MVMCoreUIMoleculeViewProtocol