diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index 3465f69042d85b8875aea6ea5d65a840f5f04b98..7057288c4f3bfed10cf1c344b9ed3c0c948bbf1b 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -657,11 +657,11 @@ StringXNumber GeneralOptions_Number[] = {
     "Vertical position (in pixels) of the upper left corner of the menu window" }, 
   { F|S, "MessagePositionX" , opt_general_message_position0 , 650. , 
     "Horizontal position (in pixels) of the upper left corner of the message window" }, 
-  { F|S, "MessagePositionY" , opt_general_message_position1 , 150. , 
+  { F|S, "MessagePositionY" , opt_general_message_position1 , 490. , 
     "Vertical position (in pixels) of the upper left corner of the message window" }, 
-  { F|S, "MessageHeight" , opt_general_message_size1 , 350. , 
+  { F|S, "MessageHeight" , opt_general_message_size1 , 180. , 
     "Height (in pixels) of the message window" }, 
-  { F|S, "MessageWidth" , opt_general_message_size0 , 450. , 
+  { F|S, "MessageWidth" , opt_general_message_size0 , 100. , 
     "Width (in pixels) of the message window" }, 
   { F,   "MinX" , opt_general_xmin , 0. , 
     "Minimum model coordinate along the X-axis (read-only)" },