diff --git a/app/components/modals/modal-base.js b/app/components/modals/modal-base.js
index d4bc44a492c..c7f50468e30 100644
--- a/app/components/modals/modal-base.js
+++ b/app/components/modals/modal-base.js
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ import { isTesting } from 'open-event-frontend/utils/testing';
 
 export default UiModal.extend({
   tagName           : 'div',
-  classNameBindings : ['isFullScreen:fullscreen', 'isSmall:small', 'isLarge:large'],
+  classNameBindings : ['isFullScreen:fullscreen', 'isSmall:small', 'isLarge:large', 'noCropper'],
 
-  openObserver: observer('isOpen', function() {
+  openObserver: observer('isOpen', 'noCroppper', function() {
     const $element = $(this.element);
     if (this.isOpen) {
-      $element.modal('show');
+      if (this.noCropper) {
+        $element.modal({
+          centered: false
+        }).modal('show');
+      } else {
+        $element.modal('show');
+      }
     } else {
       $element.modal('hide');
     }
diff --git a/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.hbs b/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.hbs
index 283ec4c9d18..3ac4323b419 100644
--- a/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.hbs
+++ b/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.hbs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <label>Message</label>
         <Textarea
           name="message"
-          @rows="15"
+          @rows="13"
           @value={{this.message}} />
       </div>
     </form>
diff --git a/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.js b/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.js
index 2ffb9a740a1..69dc832da3b 100644
--- a/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.js
+++ b/app/components/modals/session-notify-modal.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default class SessionNotifyModal extends ModalBase {
 
   constructor() {
     super(...arguments);
+    this.noCropper = true;
     this.initialize();
   }
 
diff --git a/app/styles/partials/overrides.scss b/app/styles/partials/overrides.scss
index 65ef4d81129..15f18210fd4 100644
--- a/app/styles/partials/overrides.scss
+++ b/app/styles/partials/overrides.scss
@@ -76,3 +76,8 @@ body.dimmable.undetached.dimmed {
     }
   }
 }
+
+.no-cropper {
+  margin-left: auto !important;
+  margin-top: 50px !important;
+}
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