diff --git a/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue b/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
index e2f75a98..335f83a7 100644
--- a/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
+++ b/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     :icon="icon"
     :uniqueKey="groupId"
     :collapsed="displayData.collapsed"
-    :cols="displayData.cols"
+    :cols="effectiveColsSpan"
     :rows="displayData.rows"
     :color="displayData.color"
     :customStyles="displayData.customStyles"
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     :id="sectionRef"
     :ref="sectionRef"
   >
-  {{ activeColCount }}
     <!-- If no items, show message -->
     <div v-if="isEmpty" class="no-items">
       {{ $t('home.no-items-section') }}
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ export default {
     widgets: Array,
     index: Number,
     isWide: Boolean,
-    activeColCount: Number,
+    activeColCount: String,
   },
   components: {
     Collapsable,
@@ -211,6 +210,9 @@ export default {
       }
       return styles;
     },
+    effectiveColsSpan() {
+      return Math.min(this.activeColCount, this.displayData.cols);
+    },
   },
   methods: {
     /* Opens the iframe modal */
diff --git a/src/views/Home.vue b/src/views/Home.vue
index b8d49c34..63c304b0 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export default {
     layout: '',
     itemSizeBound: '',
     addNewSectionOpen: false,
-    activeColCount: 1,
+    activeColCount: '1',
   }),
   computed: {
     singleSectionView() {