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/player/appSettings.json b/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json
index cabb64eaff39680907636d982d66c8408a5a6e26..6e8517eb1092946b8be3b33ce9d41d7658918398 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/player/appSettings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "sfxVolume": 0,
+  "sfxVolume": 27,
   "musicVolume": 11
 }
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