diff --git a/Timeline/TLE.fl b/Timeline/TLE.fl
index 95a5586..ea9d097 100644
--- a/Timeline/TLE.fl
+++ b/Timeline/TLE.fl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # data file for the Fltk User Interface Designer (fluid)
 version 1.0108
-header_name {.H} 
+header_name {.H}
 code_name {.C}
 comment {//
 // Copyright (C) 2008 Jonathan Moore Liles
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ comment {//
 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 //
 } {in_source in_header
-} 
+}
 
 decl {const float STATUS_UPDATE_FREQ = 0.5f;} {} 
 
@@ -145,10 +145,11 @@ Fl::lock();
   }
   Function {TLE()} {open
   } {
-    code {Fl::visual( FL_DOUBLE | FL_RGB8 );
+    code {
 
-make_window();
+Fl::visual( FL_DOUBLE | FL_RGB8 );
 
+make_window();
 	
 Fl::visible_focus( 0 );
 
@@ -159,6 +160,15 @@ system_colors[ 0 ] = (Fl_Color)Fl::get_color( FL_BACKGROUND_COLOR );
 system_colors[ 1 ] = (Fl_Color)Fl::get_color( FL_FOREGROUND_COLOR  );
 system_colors[ 2 ] = (Fl_Color)Fl::get_color( FL_BACKGROUND2_COLOR  );
 
+// try to fill the screen
+{
+        int sx, sy, sw, sh;
+
+        Fl::screen_xywh( sx, sy, sw, sh );
+
+        main_window->resize( sx, sy, sw, sh );
+}
+
 Fl::add_timeout( STATUS_UPDATE_FREQ, update_cb, this );
 
 fl_message_icon()->box( FL_RSHADOW_BOX );