diff --git a/ui/about.lua b/ui/about.lua
index e8c84d0..1ec21ea 100644
--- a/ui/about.lua
+++ b/ui/about.lua
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function mail.show_about(name)
 
 			box[0,2.6;3,0.45;]] .. mail.get_color("highlighted") .. [[]
 			label[0.2,2.6;]] .. S("Note") .. [[]
-			textarea[0.5,3.1;4,5.5;;;]] ..
+			textarea[0.5,3.15;4,5.5;;;]] ..
 			S("Communication using this system is NOT guaranteed to be private!") .. " " ..
 			S("Admins are able to view the messages of any player.") .. [[]
 
diff --git a/ui/settings.lua b/ui/settings.lua
index d3744a9..89f1cb2 100644
--- a/ui/settings.lua
+++ b/ui/settings.lua
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function mail.show_settings(name)
             ]]
 
     local x = 3.5
-    local y = -0.6
+    local y = -0.7
     -- put settings in order
     local ordered_settings = {}
     for setting, data in pairs(mail.settings) do
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function mail.show_settings(name)
             end
 
         elseif data.type == "index" then
-            y = y + 0.55
+            y = y + 0.2
             local formatted_dataset = table.copy(data.dataset)
             if data.format then
                 for i, d in ipairs(formatted_dataset) do
@@ -107,22 +107,27 @@ function mail.show_settings(name)
                 tooltip[]] .. setting .. ";" .. data.tooltip .. [[]
                 ]]
             end
+            y = y + 0.2
         elseif data.type == "list" then
-            y = y + 0.5
+            y = y + 0.3
+            formspec = formspec .. [[
+            tablecolumns[color;text]
+            table[]] .. x-0.0125 .. "," .. y .. ";3.8125,2.5;" .. setting .. ";" ..
+            mail.get_color("header") .. "," .. data.label .. ",," ..
+            table.concat(field_default, ",,") .. "]"
+
+            y = y + 3.1
             formspec = formspec .. [[
             field[]] .. x+0.275 .. "," .. y .. ";2.975,0.5;field_" .. setting .. [[;;]
             button[]] .. x+2.75 .. "," .. y-0.325 .. ";0.75,0.5;add_" .. setting .. [[;+]
             button[]] .. x+3.25 .. "," .. y-0.325 .. ";0.75,0.5;remove_" .. setting .. [[;-]
             ]]
+
             if data.tooltip then
                 formspec = formspec .. "tooltip[field_" .. setting .. ";" .. data.tooltip .. "]"
             end
-            y = y + 0.5
-            formspec = formspec .. [[
-            tablecolumns[color;text]
-            table[]] .. x-0.0125 .. "," .. y .. ";3.8125,2.5;" .. setting .. ";" ..
-            mail.get_color("header") .. "," .. data.label .. ",," ..
-            table.concat(field_default, ",,") .. "]"
+
+            y = y - 0.4
         end
     end
     formspec = formspec .. mail.theme