diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
index 78235fa8c..1a8c3c169 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 using namespace MWGui;
 
+MessageBoxManager::MessageBoxManager (WindowManager *windowManager)
+{
+    mWindowManager = windowManager;
+}
+
 void MessageBoxManager::createMessageBox (const std::string& message)
 {
     std::cout << "create non-interactive message box" << std::endl;
@@ -20,4 +25,24 @@ MessageBox::MessageBox(MessageBoxManager& parMessageBoxManager, const std::strin
   , mMessageBoxManager(parMessageBoxManager)
 {
     setText("message", message);
+    
+    MyGUI::WidgetPtr messageWidget;
+    getWidget(messageWidget, "message");
+    
+    MyGUI::IntSize size = messageWidget->_getTextSize();
+    size.width += 20;
+    size.height += 20;
+    
+    MyGUI::IntSize gameWindowSize = mMessageBoxManager.mWindowManager->getGui()->getViewSize();
+    MyGUI::IntCoord coord;
+    coord.left = (gameWindowSize.width - size.width)/2;
+    coord.top = (gameWindowSize.height - size.height);
+    
+    
+    std::cout << "Setting MainWidget to position (" << coord.left << "|" << coord.top
+        << ") and size to (" << size.width << "|" << size.height << ")" << std::endl;
+    
+    mMainWidget->setCoord(coord);
+    mMainWidget->setSize(size);
+    
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp
index 31286dacd..86e9cb28e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/messagebox.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <MyGUI.h>
 
 #include "window_base.hpp"
+#include "window_manager.hpp"
 
 namespace MWGui
 {
@@ -14,18 +15,23 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     class MessageBoxManager
     {
-        private:
-            std::vector<MessageBox*> mMessageBoxes;
         public:
+            MessageBoxManager (WindowManager* windowManager);
             void createMessageBox (const std::string& message);
             void createInteractiveMessageBox (const std::string& message, const std::vector<std::string>& buttons);
+            
+            WindowManager *mWindowManager;
+            
+        private:
+            std::vector<MessageBox*> mMessageBoxes;
     };
     
     class MessageBox : public OEngine::GUI::Layout
     {
         public:
-            MessageBox(MessageBoxManager& parMessageBoxManager, const std::string& message);
-            void setMessage(const std::string& message);
+            MessageBox (MessageBoxManager& parMessageBoxManager, const std::string& message);
+            void setMessage (const std::string& message);
+            
         protected:
             MessageBoxManager& mMessageBoxManager;
     };
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
index 1c9cda677..1c9217a92 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/window_manager.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ WindowManager::WindowManager(MyGUI::Gui *_gui, MWWorld::Environment& environment
     inventory = new InventoryWindow ();
 #endif
     console = new Console(w,h, environment, extensions);
-    mMessageBoxManager = new MessageBoxManager();
+    mMessageBoxManager = new MessageBoxManager(this);
 
     // The HUD is always on
     hud->setVisible(true);
diff --git a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml
index 9debd1096..e2caf1e31 100644
--- a/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml
+++ b/extern/mygui_3.0.1/openmw_resources/openmw_messagebox_layout.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 <MyGUI type="Layout">
     <Widget type="Window" skin="MW_Dialog" layer="Windows" position="0 0 491 302" name="_Main">
-        <Widget type="StaticText" skin="HeaderText" position="0 0 162 18" name="message" align="ALIGN_LEFT ALIGN_TOP">
-            <Property key="Widget_Caption" value="Test:"/>
-            <Property key="Widget_AlignText" value="ALIGN_LEFT ALIGN_TOP"/>
-        </Widget>
+        <Widget type="StaticText" skin="NormalText" position="4 4 70 18" name="message"/>
     </Widget>
 </MyGUI>