diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift
index a6d6c7b5..bd369276 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ThreeLayerTableViewController.swift
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ open class ThreeLayerTableViewController: ProgrammaticTableViewController, Rotor
         // if footer already exists, use the same y location to avoid strange moving animation
         let y = tableView.tableFooterView?.frame.minY ?? 0.0
         
+        //force footerView to redraw
+        footerView.setNeedsLayout()
+        footerView.layoutIfNeeded()
+
         // This extra view is needed because of the wonkiness of apple's table footer. Things breaks if using autolayout.
         MVMCoreUIUtility.sizeView(toFit: footerView)
         let tableFooterView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: y, width: MVMCoreUIUtility.getWidth(), height: footerView.frame.height))