diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java
index f0867a12a55675f930f5f3ba739a5eb6f5ba4cb2..b461f4d7e40818daf7a8f2f05cb8ae9e28f702aa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/battlearena/Controller/GameSceneController.java
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ public class GameSceneController implements Initializable {
     int diffTileCount = 30;
     int scaledTileSize = 48;
     private final Biom biom = runtimeInfo.getMapBiom();
+    private final long targetFrameTime = 1_000_000_000 / 80; // sets the target frame time to 12.5 ms (80fps)
+    private long lastFrame = 0;
 
     @Override
     public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle resourceBundle) {
@@ -142,11 +144,15 @@ public class GameSceneController implements Initializable {
 
         AnimationTimer gameLoop = new AnimationTimer() {
             @Override
-            public void handle(long l) {
+            public void handle(long now) {
                 if (!inputHandler.isPause()) {
-                    graphicsContext2D.clearRect(0, 0, canvas2D.getWidth(), canvas2D.getHeight());
-                    renderContent(graphicsContext2D);
-                    updateContent();
+                    if (now - lastFrame >= targetFrameTime) { // If short frame time (high fps) it will skip updateContent(). Next Frame has higher frame time and updates the frame
+                        graphicsContext2D.clearRect(0, 0, canvas2D.getWidth(), canvas2D.getHeight());
+                        renderContent(graphicsContext2D);
+                        updateContent();
+                        lastFrame = now;
+                    }
+//                    remove blur
                     if (wasPaused) {
                         resume();
                     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/LocalCreate.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/LocalCreate.fxml
index 1da41963855b8d1448d6ad8828763194d3c61e50..50ecdfe94ed078789b47d315fe133810e54bdc28 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/LocalCreate.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/LocalCreate.fxml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 <VBox fx:id="parent" alignment="BOTTOM_CENTER" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Controller.LocalCreateController">
    <children>
       <Pane VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
-      <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" spacing="20.0">
+      <HBox alignment="CENTER" spacing="20.0">
          <children>
             <Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Rounds:" />
             <Accordion>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
          </VBox.margin>
       </HBox>
       <Pane VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
-      <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" spacing="20.0">
+      <HBox alignment="CENTER" spacing="20.0">
          <children>
             <Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Time:" />
             <Accordion>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/MapSelection.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/MapSelection.fxml
index 1e30251d4dfa7c27720efbf14466425362af6208..0d975539ecdb7d9a755ef8584c8fddb424ab7459 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/MapSelection.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/MapSelection.fxml
@@ -12,70 +12,77 @@
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Text?>
 
-<VBox fx:id="parent" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" spacing="20.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Controller.MapSelectionController">
+
+<HBox xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="de.hdm_stuttgart.battlearena.Controller.MapSelectionController">
    <children>
-      <Pane VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
-      <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" spacing="20.0">
+      <Pane HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
+      <VBox fx:id="parent" alignment="CENTER" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" spacing="20.0">
          <children>
-            <Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Maps:" />
-            <Accordion>
-              <panes>
-                <TitledPane fx:id="maps" text="Select">
-                     <content>
-                        <ScrollPane minViewportHeight="200.0">
+            <Pane VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
+            <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" spacing="20.0">
+               <children>
+                  <Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Maps:" />
+                  <Accordion>
+                    <panes>
+                      <TitledPane fx:id="maps" text="Select">
                            <content>
-                              <VBox fx:id="boxBox" />
+                              <ScrollPane minViewportHeight="200.0">
+                                 <content>
+                                    <VBox fx:id="boxBox" />
+                                 </content>
+                              </ScrollPane>
                            </content>
-                        </ScrollPane>
-                     </content>
-                </TitledPane>
-              </panes>
-            </Accordion>
-         </children>
-         <VBox.margin>
-            <Insets />
-         </VBox.margin>
-      </HBox>
-      <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" spacing="20.0">
-         <children>
-            <Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Texture pack:" />
-            <Accordion>
-               <panes>
-                  <TitledPane fx:id="textures" text="Select">
-                     <content>
-                        <ScrollPane minViewportHeight="200.0">
+                      </TitledPane>
+                    </panes>
+                  </Accordion>
+               </children>
+               <VBox.margin>
+                  <Insets />
+               </VBox.margin>
+            </HBox>
+            <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" spacing="20.0">
+               <children>
+                  <Text strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" text="Texture pack:" />
+                  <Accordion>
+                     <panes>
+                        <TitledPane fx:id="textures" text="Select">
                            <content>
-                              <VBox fx:id="boxBox1" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                                 <children>
-                                    <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Bomberman">
-                                       <toggleGroup>
-                                          <ToggleGroup fx:id="textureToggle" />
-                                       </toggleGroup>
-                                    </ToggleButton>
-                                    <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Dark Lands" toggleGroup="$textureToggle" />
-                                    <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Forrest" toggleGroup="$textureToggle" />
-                                    <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Grass" toggleGroup="$textureToggle" />
-                                 </children>
-                              </VBox>
+                              <ScrollPane minViewportHeight="200.0">
+                                 <content>
+                                    <VBox fx:id="boxBox1" alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
+                                       <children>
+                                          <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Bomberman">
+                                             <toggleGroup>
+                                                <ToggleGroup fx:id="textureToggle" />
+                                             </toggleGroup>
+                                          </ToggleButton>
+                                          <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Dark Lands" toggleGroup="$textureToggle" />
+                                          <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Forrest" toggleGroup="$textureToggle" />
+                                          <ToggleButton mnemonicParsing="false" text="Grass" toggleGroup="$textureToggle" />
+                                       </children>
+                                    </VBox>
+                                 </content>
+                              </ScrollPane>
                            </content>
-                        </ScrollPane>
-                     </content>
-                  </TitledPane>
-               </panes>
-            </Accordion>
-         </children>
-      </HBox>
-      <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" maxWidth="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="213.0" spacing="20.0">
-         <children>
-            <Text fx:id="selectedMapText" strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" />
+                        </TitledPane>
+                     </panes>
+                  </Accordion>
+               </children>
+            </HBox>
+            <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" maxWidth="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="213.0" spacing="20.0">
+               <children>
+                  <Text fx:id="selectedMapText" strokeType="OUTSIDE" strokeWidth="0.0" />
+               </children>
+            </HBox>
+            <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#gameScene" text="Start" />
+            <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#backButton" text="Back">
+               <VBox.margin>
+                  <Insets bottom="50.0" />
+               </VBox.margin>
+            </Button>
+            <Pane VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
          </children>
-      </HBox>
-      <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#gameScene" text="Start" />
-      <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#backButton" text="Back">
-         <VBox.margin>
-            <Insets bottom="50.0" />
-         </VBox.margin>
-      </Button>
-      <Pane VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" />
+      </VBox>
+      <Pane HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" />
    </children>
-</VBox>
+</HBox>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/styles/style.css b/src/main/resources/styles/style.css
index 4e07a1f05d739765d13350a095d4e3fec485efbe..44d3c8fd1f2afc5807078d86285817fba447a187 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/styles/style.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/styles/style.css
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 
 #mainMenu{
-    -fx-background-image: url("../textures/images/background.png");
+    -fx-background-image: url("../textures/images/background.jpg");
     -fx-background-size: cover;
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 #btnLeft {
     -fx-skin: none;
-    -fx-text-fill: #949494;
+    -fx-text-fill: #404040;
 }
 
 .accordion {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/images/test.jpg b/src/main/resources/textures/images/background.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/textures/images/test.jpg
rename to src/main/resources/textures/images/background.jpg
diff --git a/src/main/resources/textures/images/background.png b/src/main/resources/textures/images/background.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 95ddedbae000b1a92ebeee73d0dbd68038d1e53a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/src/main/resources/textures/images/background.png and /dev/null differ