diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -164,12 +164,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) 
     connect(&channelMan, &ChannelManager::channelNameChanged,
             this, &MainWindow::onChannelNameChanged);
 
-    // TODO: move this into the plot tab
-    QListView* channelNamesView = new QListView();
-    channelNamesView->setModel(channelMan.channelNames());
-    channelNamesView->show();
+    ui->lvChannelNames->setModel(channelMan.channelNames());
 
-    // init channel data and curve list
+    // init curve list
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < numOfChannels; i++)
     {
         curves.append(new QwtPlotCurve(channelMan.channelName(i)));
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.ui b/src/mainwindow.ui
--- a/src/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/src/mainwindow.ui
@@ -57,17 +57,21 @@
        </attribute>
        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
         <item>
-         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
-          <property name="orientation">
-           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-          </property>
-          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-           <size>
-            <width>370</width>
-            <height>20</height>
-           </size>
-          </property>
-         </spacer>
+         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+            <property name="styleSheet">
+             <string notr="true">font-weight: bold;</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Channel Names:</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QListView" name="lvChannelNames"/>
+          </item>
+         </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="Line" name="line">