diff --git a/packages/ci/layout.kdl b/packages/ci/layout.kdl
index 052ae78..4113b8a 100644
--- a/packages/ci/layout.kdl
+++ b/packages/ci/layout.kdl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ layout {
     pane size=1 borderless=true {
         plugin location="tab-bar"
     }
-    pane split_direction="vertical" {
+    pane split_direction="horizontal" {
         pane { 
           name "x86_64-linux"
           command "nixci-build-remote"