diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml b/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml
index ca291196..18236b7b 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/build.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
-
+
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/DIYLCStarter.java b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/DIYLCStarter.java
index 712b611b..3fa4d2e5 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/DIYLCStarter.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/DIYLCStarter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Properties;
+import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ public class DIYLCStarter {
MainFrame mainFrame = new MainFrame();
mainFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
+ mainFrame.setExtendedState(mainFrame.getExtendedState() | JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
splash.setVisible(false);
splash.dispose();
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/gui/MainFrame.java b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/gui/MainFrame.java
index a1b538a0..4b26a00d 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/gui/MainFrame.java
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/src/org/diylc/swing/gui/MainFrame.java
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public class MainFrame extends JFrame implements ISwingUI {
public MainFrame() {
super("DIYLC 3");
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
- setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1024, 700));
createBasePanels();
menuMap = new HashMap();
buttonGroupMap = new HashMap();