diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Initialize.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Initialize.groovy
index 0c55a0e7..82046e89 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Initialize.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Initialize.groovy
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class Initialize extends AbstractLifecycleHandler {
         
         application.context.put("muwire-home", home.getAbsolutePath())
         
+        System.getProperties().setProperty("awt.useSystemAAFontSettings", "true")
+        
         def guiPropsFile = new File(home, "gui.properties")
         UISettings uiSettings
         if (guiPropsFile.exists()) {