diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy
index d45d1952..d3048b93 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/EventListView.groovy
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class EventListView {
         builder.with {
             application(size: [320, 80], id: 'event-list',
                 locationRelativeTo : null,
+                pack: true,
                 title: application.configuration['application.title'],
                 iconImage:   imageIcon('/MuWire-48x48.png').image,
                 iconImages: [imageIcon('/MuWire-48x48.png').image,
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
index 2773a0c4..37158ab1 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class MainFrameView {
             iconImages: [imageIcon('/MuWire-48x48.png').image,
                 imageIcon('/MuWire-32x32.png').image,
                 imageIcon('/MuWire-16x16.png').image],
-            pack : false,
+            pack : true,
             visible : bind { model.coreInitialized }) {
                 menuBar {
                     menu (text : trans("FILE")) {
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ShutdownWindowView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ShutdownWindowView.groovy
index de536a5e..a2457dfa 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ShutdownWindowView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/ShutdownWindowView.groovy
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ShutdownWindowView {
         builder.with {
             app = application(size: [320, 80], id: 'shutdown-window',
                     locationRelativeTo : null,
+                    pack: true,
                     title: application.configuration['application.title'],
                     iconImage:   imageIcon('/MuWire-48x48.png').image,
                     iconImages: [imageIcon('/MuWire-48x48.png').image,