diff --git a/src/MasterWindowLayout.form b/src/MasterWindowLayout.form
index b854ac8..56aebf9 100644
--- a/src/MasterWindowLayout.form
+++ b/src/MasterWindowLayout.form
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
         <children>
           <component id="d80ff" class="javax.swing.JList" binding="modList">
             <constraints/>
-            <properties/>
+            <properties>
+              <foreground color="-16777216"/>
+              <valueIsAdjusting value="false"/>
+            </properties>
             <clientProperties>
               <html.disable class="java.lang.Boolean" value="true"/>
             </clientProperties>
diff --git a/src/MissPiggy.java b/src/MissPiggy.java
index 4e47c1a..c007522 100644
--- a/src/MissPiggy.java
+++ b/src/MissPiggy.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class MissPiggy implements ActionListener {
     //JMenuItem menuItem;
 
     JScrollPane modListScrollContainer;
-    public JList<String/*Main.Mod*/> modList;
+    public JList<String/*JLabel*/> modList;
     private JButton toggleButton;
     private JButton moveUpButton;
     private JButton deleteButton1;
@@ -117,16 +117,20 @@ public class MissPiggy implements ActionListener {
         // cleanup
         modList.clearSelection();
         modList.removeAll();
+        modList.setVisibleRowCount(Main.Mods.size());
+        modList.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
 
         // todo this needs fixing before we can map it to Main.Mods and finish the other functionality around it
 
         // add text entry for each
         int i = 0;
+        /*JLabel[]*/String[] contents = new String[Main.Mods.size()];
         System.out.println("Initializing modList to GUI with length of" + Main.Mods.size() + "units"); //debug
         while (i < Main.Mods.size()) {
-            JLabel label = new JLabel(Main.Mods.get(i).friendlyName);
-            label.setVisible(true);
-            modList.add(label);
+            //JLabel label = new JLabel(Main.Mods.get(i).friendlyName);
+            //label.setVisible(true);
+            //contents[i] = label; //modList.add(label);
+            contents[i] = Main.Mods.get(i).friendlyName;
 
             //debug
             if (Main.Mods.get(i).author == null) {Main.Mods.get(i).author = "Anonymous";}
@@ -134,6 +138,7 @@ public class MissPiggy implements ActionListener {
 
             i++;
         }
+        modList.setListData(contents);
     }
 
     @Override