diff --git a/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue b/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
index f1659ed5..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"
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ export default {
     widgets: Array,
     index: Number,
     isWide: Boolean,
+    activeColCount: String,
   },
   components: {
     Collapsable,
@@ -209,6 +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 004b181a..63c304b0 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
       </router-link>
     </div>
     <!-- Main content, section for each group of items -->
-    <div v-if="checkTheresData(sections) || isEditMode" :class="computedClass">
+    <div v-if="checkTheresData(sections) || isEditMode" :class="computedClass"
+    ref="sectionsContainer">
       <template v-for="(section, index) in filteredSections">
         <Section
           :key="index"
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
           @change-modal-visibility="updateModalVisibility"
           :isWide="!!singleSectionView || layoutOrientation === 'horizontal'"
           :class="(searchValue && section.filteredItems.length === 0) ? 'no-results' : ''"
+          :activeColCount="activeColCount"
         />
       </template>
       <!-- Show add new section button, in edit mode -->
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ export default {
     layout: '',
     itemSizeBound: '',
     addNewSectionOpen: false,
+    activeColCount: '1',
   }),
   computed: {
     singleSectionView() {
@@ -172,12 +175,20 @@ export default {
       availibleThemes.Default = '#';
       return availibleThemes;
     },
+    readActiveColCount() {
+      const { sectionsContainer } = this.$refs;
+      if (!sectionsContainer) return;
+      const cs = getComputedStyle(sectionsContainer);
+      const varVal = cs.getPropertyValue('--col-count').trim();
+      this.activeColCount = varVal;
+    },
   },
   mounted() {
     this.initiateFontAwesome();
     this.initiateMaterialDesignIcons();
     this.layout = this.layoutOrientation;
     this.itemSizeBound = this.iconSize;
+    this.readActiveColCount();
   },
 };
 </script>