diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 58e33623d..a7c3a1957 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <components/myguiplatform/myguiplatform.hpp>
 #include <components/myguiplatform/myguirendermanager.hpp>
 #include <components/myguiplatform/additivelayer.hpp>
+#include <components/myguiplatform/scalinglayer.hpp>
 
 #include <components/vfs/manager.hpp>
 
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<VideoWidget>("Widget");
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<BackgroundImage>("Widget");
         MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<osgMyGUI::AdditiveLayer>("Layer");
+        MyGUI::FactoryManager::getInstance().registerFactory<osgMyGUI::ScalingLayer>("Layer");
         BookPage::registerMyGUIComponents ();
         ItemView::registerComponents();
         ItemWidget::registerComponents();
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_book.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_book.layout
index 2336d5b2c..7c158af8d 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_book.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_book.layout
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <MyGUI type="Layout">
 
-<Widget type="Window" skin="" layer="Windows" align="Left Top" position="0 0 584 398" name="_Main">
+<Widget type="Window" skin="" layer="JournalBooks" align="Left Top" position="0 0 584 398" name="_Main">
 
     <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="-71 0 728 398" align="Left Top" name="JImage">
     <Property key="ImageTexture" value="textures\tx_menubook.dds"/>
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout
index 5524f5520..9c40bd562 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <MyGUI type="Layout">
 
-  <Widget type="Window" skin="" layer="Windows" align="Left|Top" position="0 0 565 390" name="_Main">
+  <Widget type="Window" skin="" layer="JournalBooks" align="Left|Top" position="0 0 565 390" name="_Main">
     <!-- pages -->
     <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="-70 0 705 390" align="Top|Right" name="JImage">
     <Property key="ImageTexture" value="textures\tx_menubook.dds"/>
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml
index c8684c858..c6d3df521 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_layers.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     <Layer name="HUD" overlapped="false" pick="true"/>
     <Layer name="Menu" overlapped="false" pick="false"/>
     <Layer name="Windows" overlapped="true" pick="true"/>
+    <Layer name="JournalBooks" type="ScalingLayer" pick="true">
+        <Property key="Size" value="600 520"/>
+    </Layer>
     <Layer name="Console" overlapped="false" pick="true"/>
     <Layer name="Debug" overlapped="true" pick="true"/>
     <Layer name="Notification" overlapped="false" pick="false"/>