diff --git a/src/GUI/StartScreen.form b/src/GUI/StartScreen.form
index a6eacb755c0f906ce615768a12eb2fb64b8fbcb2..f348817e1243275dfd3dd145b7bc1983957c0624 100644
--- a/src/GUI/StartScreen.form
+++ b/src/GUI/StartScreen.form
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <editable value="false"/>
-              <text value="Welcome to Distributed Whiteboard. Please provide server's IP, username, and password."/>
+              <text value="Please provide your username and password, as well as server's IP to start."/>
             </properties>
           </component>
         </children>
@@ -74,17 +74,22 @@
         </properties>
         <border type="none" title=" "/>
         <children>
+          <vspacer id="bb71b">
+            <constraints>
+              <grid row="0" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="6" hsize-policy="1" anchor="0" fill="2" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+            </constraints>
+          </vspacer>
           <component id="94078" class="javax.swing.JLabel">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
               <text value="Server IP:"/>
             </properties>
           </component>
-          <component id="63209" class="javax.swing.JTextField" binding="textField2">
+          <component id="63209" class="javax.swing.JTextField" binding="serverField">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
+              <grid row="3" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
                 <preferred-size width="150" height="-1"/>
               </grid>
             </constraints>
@@ -92,43 +97,38 @@
               <text value=""/>
             </properties>
           </component>
-          <vspacer id="bb71b">
-            <constraints>
-              <grid row="0" column="2" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="6" hsize-policy="1" anchor="0" fill="2" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
-            </constraints>
-          </vspacer>
           <component id="87b91" class="javax.swing.JLabel">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="0" column="3" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
-              <text value="Your name:"/>
+              <text value="Username:"/>
             </properties>
           </component>
-          <component id="e39f4" class="javax.swing.JTextField" binding="textField1" default-binding="true">
+          <component id="e39f4" class="javax.swing.JTextField" binding="usernameField">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="1" column="3" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
+              <grid row="1" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
                 <preferred-size width="150" height="-1"/>
               </grid>
             </constraints>
             <properties/>
           </component>
-          <component id="51d9f" class="javax.swing.JPasswordField" binding="passwordField">
+          <component id="62e48" class="javax.swing.JLabel">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="3" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="2" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
-                <preferred-size width="150" height="-1"/>
-              </grid>
+              <grid row="0" column="3" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
-              <columns value="20"/>
+              <text value="Password:"/>
             </properties>
           </component>
-          <component id="62e48" class="javax.swing.JLabel">
+          <component id="51d9f" class="javax.swing.JPasswordField" binding="passwordField">
             <constraints>
-              <grid row="2" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="0" anchor="8" fill="0" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
+              <grid row="1" column="3" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="0" hsize-policy="6" anchor="8" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false">
+                <preferred-size width="150" height="-1"/>
+              </grid>
             </constraints>
             <properties>
-              <text value="Password:"/>
+              <columns value="20"/>
             </properties>
           </component>
         </children>
diff --git a/src/GUI/StartScreen.java b/src/GUI/StartScreen.java
index 70ac2f2e3dc766e42e22451279d9ea89a42fa30b..9494617b0d6e970803ae72aacffab652c01ed50d 100644
--- a/src/GUI/StartScreen.java
+++ b/src/GUI/StartScreen.java
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ package GUI;
 
 import client.Client;
 
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class StartScreen {
 
     private JTextPane information;
     private JPanel panel1;
-    private JTextField textField1;
+    private JTextField usernameField;
     private JButton joinButton;
-    private JTextField textField2;
+    private JTextField serverField;
     private JTextField textField3;
     private JPasswordField passwordField;
     JFrame frame;
@@ -35,8 +39,8 @@ public class StartScreen {
         {
             if (e.getSource() == joinButton)
             {
-                String serverAddress = textField2.getText();
-                String userName = textField1.getText();
+                String serverAddress = serverField.getText();
+                String userName = usernameField.getText();
                 String password = new String(passwordField.getPassword());
 
                 int connectionStatus = client.connect(userName, serverAddress, password);
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ public class StartScreen {
                 }
                 else if( connectionStatus == 2 )
                 {
-                    showErrorMessage("Duplicate username: Please enter a new username");
+                    showErrorMessage("Duplicate usernameField: Please enter a new usernameField");
                 }
                 else if( connectionStatus == 3 )
                 {
@@ -84,6 +88,29 @@ public class StartScreen {
         frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
         frame.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(joinButton);
         joinButton.requestFocus();
+
+        //frame.getContentPane().add(new JPanelWithBackground("sample.jpeg"));
         frame.setVisible(true);
     }
+
+//    public class JPanelWithBackground extends JPanel
+//    {
+//
+//        private Image backgroundImage;
+//
+//        // Some code to initialize the background image.
+//        // Here, we use the constructor to load the image. This
+//        // can vary depending on the use case of the panel.
+//        public JPanelWithBackground(String fileName) throws IOException
+//        {
+//            backgroundImage = ImageIO.read(new File(fileName));
+//        }
+//
+//        public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
+//            super.paintComponent(g);
+//
+//            // Draw the background image.
+//            g.drawImage(backgroundImage, 0, 0, this);
+//        }
+//    }
 }