diff --git a/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.form b/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.form
index a6fdb70..25ee750 100644
--- a/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.form
+++ b/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.form
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@
               <Group type="102" alignment="1" attributes="0">
                   <EmptySpace max="32767" attributes="0"/>
                   <Group type="103" groupAlignment="1" max="-2" attributes="0">
+                      <Component id="recentItemsPanel" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                       <Component id="jLabel2" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
-                      <Component id="recentItemsPanel" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
                   </Group>
                   <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               </Group>
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
           <Group type="103" groupAlignment="0" attributes="0">
               <Group type="102" alignment="1" attributes="0">
                   <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
-                  <Component id="recentItemsPanel" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                  <Component id="recentItemsPanel" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
                   <EmptySpace pref="189" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
                   <Component id="jLabel2" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                   <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
               <Color blue="99" green="99" red="99" type="rgb"/>
             </Property>
             <Property name="maximumSize" type="java.awt.Dimension" editor="org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.DimensionEditor">
-              <Dimension value="[160, 234]"/>
+              <Dimension value="[160, 273]"/>
             </Property>
             <Property name="opaque" type="boolean" value="false"/>
           </Properties>
@@ -420,6 +420,12 @@
           </Layout>
           <SubComponents>
             <Container class="javax.swing.JScrollPane" name="jScrollPane1">
+              <Properties>
+                <Property name="minimumSize" type="java.awt.Dimension" editor="org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.DimensionEditor">
+                  <Dimension value="[23, 206]"/>
+                </Property>
+                <Property name="name" type="java.lang.String" value="" noResource="true"/>
+              </Properties>
               <AuxValues>
                 <AuxValue name="autoScrollPane" type="java.lang.Boolean" value="true"/>
               </AuxValues>
diff --git a/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.java b/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.java
index 706543f..5a60db5 100644
--- a/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.java
+++ b/src/net/apocalypselabs/symat/MainGUI.java
@@ -188,8 +188,12 @@ public class MainGUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
                 mainPane.getWidth(), mainPane.getHeight());
         if (PrefStorage.getSetting("theme").equals("dark")) {
             tabs.setBackground(new Color(41, 49, 52));
+            recentFileList.setForeground(Color.white);
+            recentFileList.setBackground(new Color(41, 49, 52));
         } else {
             tabs.setBackground(new Color(240, 240, 240));
+            recentFileList.setForeground(Color.black);
+            recentFileList.setBackground(Color.white);
         }
     }
 
@@ -507,9 +511,12 @@ public class MainGUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
 
         recentItemsPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder());
         recentItemsPanel.setForeground(new java.awt.Color(153, 153, 153));
-        recentItemsPanel.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(160, 234));
+        recentItemsPanel.setMaximumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(160, 273));
         recentItemsPanel.setOpaque(false);
 
+        jScrollPane1.setMinimumSize(new java.awt.Dimension(23, 206));
+        jScrollPane1.setName(""); // NOI18N
+
         recentFileList.setSelectionMode(javax.swing.ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
         recentFileList.addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
             public void mouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
@@ -573,15 +580,15 @@ public class MainGUI extends javax.swing.JFrame {
             .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, mainPaneLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                 .addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                 .addGroup(mainPaneLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, false)
-                    .addComponent(jLabel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
-                    .addComponent(recentItemsPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
+                    .addComponent(recentItemsPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
+                    .addComponent(jLabel2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
                 .addContainerGap())
         );
         mainPaneLayout.setVerticalGroup(
             mainPaneLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
             .addGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.TRAILING, mainPaneLayout.createSequentialGroup()
                 .addContainerGap()
-                .addComponent(recentItemsPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
+                .addComponent(recentItemsPanel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                 .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 189, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                 .addComponent(jLabel2)
                 .addContainerGap())