diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.form b/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.form
index 3dfd5d431..4cd493cbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.form
+++ b/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.form
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       <Group type="103" groupAlignment="0" attributes="0">
           <Group type="102" alignment="1" attributes="0">
               <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
-              <Component id="jTabbedPane1" pref="530" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
+              <Component id="jTabbedPane1" max="32767" attributes="0"/>
               <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
               <Group type="103" groupAlignment="0" attributes="0">
                   <Component id="cancel_button" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.java b/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.java
index 7e36ab4da..a31690d1a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/tonikelope/megabasterd/SettingsDialog.java
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ public final class SettingsDialog extends javax.swing.JDialog {
             settings.put("megacrypter_reverse", megacrypter_reverse_checkbox.isSelected() ? "yes" : "no");
             settings.put("megacrypter_reverse_port", String.valueOf(megacrypter_reverse_port_spinner.getValue()));
             settings.put("smart_proxy", smart_proxy_checkbox.isSelected() ? "yes" : "no");
-            settings.put("smart_proxy_url", smart_proxy_url_text.getText());
+            settings.put("smart_proxy_url", !smart_proxy_url_text.getText().equals("") ? smart_proxy_url_text.getText() : DEFAULT_SMART_PROXY_URL);
 
             String old_zoom = DBTools.selectSettingValue("font_zoom");