diff --git a/plugins/Microscope.form b/plugins/Microscope.form
index 25baae0..d519373 100644
--- a/plugins/Microscope.form
+++ b/plugins/Microscope.form
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
                       <Component id="jLabel1" alignment="3" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                       <Component id="spinnerStepAlignment" alignment="3" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                   </Group>
-                  <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                  <EmptySpace min="-2" pref="4" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               </Group>
           </Group>
         </DimensionLayout>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
                       <Component id="buttonDefineBeam" alignment="3" min="-2" pref="25" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                       <Component id="checkHighDef" alignment="3" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                   </Group>
-                  <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                  <EmptySpace min="-2" pref="4" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               </Group>
           </Group>
         </DimensionLayout>
diff --git a/plugins/Microscope.java b/plugins/Microscope.java
index 0e66987..b3ea62a 100644
--- a/plugins/Microscope.java
+++ b/plugins/Microscope.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
                 .addGroup(jPanel1Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                     .addComponent(jLabel1)
                     .addComponent(spinnerStepAlignment, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
-                .addContainerGap())
+                .addGap(4, 4, 4))
         );
 
         button0.setText("0");
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ public class Microscope extends Panel {
                 .addGroup(jPanel4Layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                     .addComponent(buttonDefineBeam, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 25, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                     .addComponent(checkHighDef))
-                .addContainerGap())
+                .addGap(4, 4, 4))
         );
 
         javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);