diff --git a/gui.cpp b/gui.cpp
index 6759371..d49776a 100644
--- a/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ void GUI::render_scene() {
   Render($status_screen, $status_ui->Render());
   $renderer.draw_text_ui($status_screen, 0, 0);
 
-  $map_screen.Clear();
   Render($map_screen, $map_view->Render());
   $renderer.draw_screen($map_screen);
 
diff --git a/render.cpp b/render.cpp
index 65227c1..875bdba 100644
--- a/render.cpp
+++ b/render.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ SFMLRender::SFMLRender() :
   $ui_text.setPosition(0,0);
   $ui_text.setCharacterSize(UI_FONT_SIZE);
   $ui_text.setFillColor(color(Value::LIGHT_MID));
-  sf::Glyph glyph = $font.getGlyph(L'H', UI_FONT_SIZE, false);
+  sf::Glyph glyph = $font.getGlyph(L'█', UI_FONT_SIZE, false);
   $ui_bounds = glyph.bounds;
 }
 
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ void SFMLRender::render_text(std::string &text, float x, float y) {
 
 void SFMLRender::draw_text_ui(Screen &screen, float x, float y) {
   sf::RectangleShape backing(
-      sf::Vector2f($ui_bounds.width * screen.dimx() * 1.4,
-        $ui_bounds.height * screen.dimy() * 1.6));
+      sf::Vector2f($ui_bounds.width * screen.dimx(),
+        $ui_bounds.height * screen.dimy()));
 
   backing.setFillColor(sf::Color(0, 0, 0));
   backing.setPosition(x, y);