diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/bookview.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/bookview.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b12a5a5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/bookview.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+##    Copyright (C) 2007 Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net
+##    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+##    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+##    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+##    (at your option) any later version.
+##
+##    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+##    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+##    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+##    GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+##    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+##    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+from PyQt4.QtGui import QGraphicsView
+from PyQt4.QtCore import QSize
+
+class BookView(QGraphicsView):
+    
+    MINIMUM_SIZE = QSize(400, 500)
+    
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        QGraphicsView.__init__(self, *args)
+        self.preferred_size = self.MINIMUM_SIZE
+    
+    def minimumSizeHint(self):
+        return self.MINIMUM_SIZE
+    
+    def sizeHint(self):
+        return self.preferred_size
+    
+    def resize_for(self, width, height):
+        self.preferred_size = QSize(width, height)
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.py
index 361203b465..6c8441d0ff 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.py
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         
         self.closed = False
         
-        
     def configure(self, triggered):
         opts = cPickle.loads(str(QSettings().value('ebook viewer options', QVariant(cPickle.dumps(self.opts))).toString()))
         d = Config(self, opts)
@@ -165,8 +164,13 @@ class Main(MainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
     
     def parsed(self):
         if not self.renderer.aborted and self.renderer.lrf is not None:
-            self.graphics_view.setMinimumSize(self.renderer.lrf.device_info.width+5, 
-                                              self.renderer.lrf.device_info.height)
+            width, height =  self.renderer.lrf.device_info.width, \
+                                            self.renderer.lrf.device_info.height
+            self.graphics_view.resize_for(width, height)
+            desktop = QCoreApplication.instance().desktop()
+            screen_height = desktop.availableGeometry().height()
+            height = min(screen_height, height+50)
+            self.resize(self.size().width(), height) 
             self.setWindowTitle(self.renderer.lrf.metadata.title + ' - ' + __appname__)
             self.document_title = self.renderer.lrf.metadata.title
             if self.opts.profile:
diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.ui b/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.ui
index d86ee71165..3ffc9e0eb8 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.ui
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/lrf_renderer/main.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>614</width>
-    <height>832</height>
+    <height>702</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy" >
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
          <number>0</number>
         </property>
         <item row="0" column="0" >
-         <widget class="QGraphicsView" name="graphics_view" >
+         <widget class="BookView" name="graphics_view" >
           <property name="mouseTracking" >
            <bool>true</bool>
           </property>
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@
    <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
    <header>library.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>BookView</class>
+   <extends>QGraphicsView</extends>
+   <header>bookview.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../images.qrc" />