diff --git a/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html b/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html
index 2b46054aa768155cbf518a43d7120de9c316c8af..446c47588b4df9300f667a80f8af9ad11816d289 100644
--- a/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html
+++ b/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
             <label data-i18n="[title]prefs.startup.paths_tt">
               <span data-i18n="prefs.startup.paths"></span>
             </label>
-            <div style=" height:92px; width:300px; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
+            <div style="height:21vh; width:89vw; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
               <table id="startup_paths" style="width:100%; background:white;">
               </table>
             </div>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
             <label data-i18n="[title]prefs.startup.libs_tt">
               <span data-i18n="prefs.startup.libs"></span>
             </label>
-            <div style=" height:92px; width:300px; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
+            <div style="height:21vh; width:89vw; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
               <table id="startup_libs" style="width:100%; background:white;">
               </table>
             </div>
@@ -335,9 +335,11 @@
             </div>
             <label data-i18n="[title]prefs.startup.flags_tt">
               <span data-i18n="prefs.startup.flags"></span>
+              <br/>
               <input type="text"
                      id="startup_flags"
-                     name="startup_flags">
+                     name="startup_flags"
+                     style="width:89vw">
             </label>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
index ee9ee87257e44c356bdfdab12b94faf623658faf..54e76840d26c4738532e93f7cb2c2fab61ef71da 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@
       "midi_tt": "konfiguriere die MIDI-Geräte"
     },
     "startup": {
-      "flags": "Optionen",
-      "flags_tt": "Startup-Optionen für den Programmaufruf; Neustart der Anwendung ist erforderlich, damit Änderungen wirksam werden",
+      "flags": "Startup-Flags",
+      "flags_tt": "Zusätzliche Optionen für den Programmaufruf; Neustart der Anwendung ist erforderlich, damit Änderungen wirksam werden",
       "libs": "Bibliotheken",
       "libs_tt": "External-Bibliotheken, die beim Programmstart zu laden sind; Neustart der Anwendung ist erforderlich, damit Änderungen wirksam werden",
       "paths": "Suchpfade",
diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index 7792ebe2f7472b99e7bafbeeea8738361b319325..59552e3989fd42e2f7db443e46d0c50e16604c00 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -4432,7 +4432,7 @@ function gui_pd_dsp(state) {
 
 function open_prefs() {
     if (!dialogwin["prefs"]) {
-        create_window("prefs", "prefs", 300, 420, 0, 0, null);
+        create_window("prefs", "prefs", 350, 470, 0, 0, null);
     }
 }