diff --git a/core/view/GameWindow.java b/core/view/GameWindow.java
index 34ef2bc7dd9bd70a5e6ee1aa587e12b5c648bb9b..4b506e23f7dfc6c6276835142259896d0718a6f8 100644
--- a/core/view/GameWindow.java
+++ b/core/view/GameWindow.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class GameWindow extends JFrame implements KeyListener  {
 		contentPane.add(mapPanel, c);
 
 		// status bar at the bottom
+		c.weighty = 0.2;
 		c.gridx = 0; c.gridy = 1;
 		JPanel statusBarPanel = new JPanel(); // flowLayout
 		contentPane.add(statusBarPanel, c);
diff --git a/core/view/View.java b/core/view/View.java
index ed3d76050d27c13a636e84387951514aadd40297..4646d7929c0143b4356bcf7616b52286d1207d14 100644
--- a/core/view/View.java
+++ b/core/view/View.java
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ public class View{
 
 		this.gameWindow = new GameWindow(this, width, height,
 				colonelStartLives, jaffaStartLives, colonelZPM, jaffaZPM);
-		this.gameWindow.setSize(width*80 , height*80 + 20 );
+		// TODO dynamic size
+		this.gameWindow.setSize(1024, 768 );
 		this.gameWindow.setVisible(true);
 		this.isInGame = true;
 		return true;