diff --git a/data/ui/Preferences.ui b/data/ui/Preferences.ui
index 7928705..9325450 100644
--- a/data/ui/Preferences.ui
+++ b/data/ui/Preferences.ui
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
             <property name="can_focus">False</property>
             <property name="halign">center</property>
             <property name="valign">center</property>
-            <property name="margin_left">10</property>
-            <property name="margin_right">10</property>
-            <property name="margin_top">10</property>
-            <property name="margin_bottom">10</property>
+            <property name="margin_left">30</property>
+            <property name="margin_right">30</property>
+            <property name="margin_top">30</property>
+            <property name="margin_bottom">30</property>
             <property name="row_spacing">10</property>
-            <property name="column_spacing">11</property>
+            <property name="column_spacing">10</property>
             <child>
               <object class="GtkLabel" id="Dark_mode_label">
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
diff --git a/uberwriter_lib/PreferencesDialog.py b/uberwriter_lib/PreferencesDialog.py
index 0d13d8e..8a559a0 100644
--- a/uberwriter_lib/PreferencesDialog.py
+++ b/uberwriter_lib/PreferencesDialog.py
@@ -36,25 +36,4 @@ class PreferencesDialog(Gtk.Window):
         """
         builder = get_builder('Preferences')
         new_object = builder.get_object("PreferencesWindow")
-       # new_object.finish_initializing(builder)
         return new_object
-
-    def finish_initializing(self, builder):
-        """Called while initializing this instance in __new__
-
-        finish_initalizing should be called after parsing the ui definition
-        and creating a PreferencesDialog object with it in order to
-        finish initializing the start of the new PerferencesUberwriterDialog
-        instance.
-        
-        Put your initialization code in here and leave __init__ undefined.
-        """
-
-        # Get a reference to the builder and set up the signals.
-        self.builder = builder
-        self.ui = builder.get_ui(self, True)
-
-        # code for other initialization actions should be added here
-
-    def on_btn_close_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
-        self.destroy()