diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/controllersFX/MainController.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/controllersFX/MainController.java
index e712fe5..30110e8 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/controllersFX/MainController.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/controllersFX/MainController.java
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ package meerkat.voting.gui.controllersFX;
  * Created by Laura on 12/16/2016.
  */
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.geometry.Insets;
 import javafx.scene.Node;
 import javafx.scene.Parent;
+import javafx.scene.layout.Background;
+import javafx.scene.layout.BackgroundFill;
+import javafx.scene.layout.CornerRadii;
 import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
+import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting;
 import meerkat.voting.controller.callbacks.VoterCancelThrowable;
 import meerkat.voting.gui.ui.CommandPend;
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ public class MainController {
      * @param node the vista node to be swapped in.
      */
     public void setVista(Node node) {
+//        vistaHolder.setBackground(new Background(new BackgroundFill(Color.web("#D1B6E1"), CornerRadii.EMPTY, Insets.EMPTY)));
         vistaHolder.getChildren().setAll(node);
     }
 
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/main.fxml b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/main.fxml
index 049ee8a..591b18f 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/main.fxml
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/main.fxml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 <?scenebuilder-stylesheet vista.css?>
 
-<VBox prefHeight="709.0" prefWidth="1259.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.111" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="meerkat.voting.gui.controllersFX.MainController">
+<VBox prefHeight="709.0" prefWidth="1259.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.112" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="meerkat.voting.gui.controllersFX.MainController">
     <children>
         <Label fx:id="headerLabel" maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="70.0" prefWidth="1162.0" text="Header of Election" textFill="#939090" VBox.vgrow="NEVER">
          <VBox.margin>
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
         <StackPane fx:id="vistaHolder" prefHeight="553.0" prefWidth="1259.0" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
          <VBox.margin>
             <Insets bottom="70.0" />
-         </VBox.margin></StackPane>
+         </VBox.margin>
+         <padding>
+            <Insets bottom="30.0" left="30.0" right="30.0" top="30.0" />
+         </padding></StackPane>
     </children>
 </VBox>
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/welcome_screen.fxml b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/welcome_screen.fxml
index 761a6e4..93b2cf1 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/welcome_screen.fxml
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/resources/views/welcome_screen.fxml
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 <?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
 
-<Pane prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.112" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="meerkat.voting.gui.controllersFX.WelcomeScreenController">
+
+<AnchorPane xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.112" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="meerkat.voting.gui.controllersFX.WelcomeScreenController">
    <children>
-      <VBox alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0">
+      <VBox alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
          <children>
             <Text fx:id="electionName" strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Name of the Election" textAlignment="CENTER" wrappingWidth="343.205078125">
                <font>
@@ -29,4 +30,4 @@
          </children>
       </VBox>
    </children>
-</Pane>
+</AnchorPane>