diff --git a/controllers/controller.string.js b/controllers/controller.string.js
index 7d5d4d7..57cb832 100644
--- a/controllers/controller.string.js
+++ b/controllers/controller.string.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var StringController = function() {
     	input.select();
     }, false);
     
+    // TODO: getting messed up on ctrl a
     input.addEventListener('keyup', function() {
         _this.setValue(input.value);
     }, false);
diff --git a/demo/demo.css b/demo/demo.css
index 1191128..9579001 100644
--- a/demo/demo.css
+++ b/demo/demo.css
@@ -48,14 +48,18 @@ h2 {
     margin-bottom: 24px;
 }
 
+h2.collapsed { 
 
+    padding-top:24px;
+    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
+    margin-top: 0;
+    }
+
+/*
 h2.collapsed { 
 
     float: left;
     clear: both;
-    padding-top:24px;
-    margin-top: 0;
-    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
     width: 100%;
 cursor: pointer;
 }
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ color: red;
 clear: both;
 
 display: none;
-}
+}*/
 
 #helvetica-demo {
 	position: absolute;
diff --git a/gui.js b/gui.js
index db6020a..9291dc3 100644
--- a/gui.js
+++ b/gui.js
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ var GUI = function() {
 	
 	var open = false;
 	var width = 280;
+	
+	// Prevents checkForOverflow bug in which loaded gui appearance
+	// settings are not respected by presence of scrollbar.
 	var explicitOpenHeight = false;
 	var openHeight;
 	
@@ -315,7 +318,11 @@ var GUI = function() {
 		// Compute sum height of controllers.
 		checkForOverflow();
 		
-		openHeight = controllerHeight;
+		// Prevents checkForOverflow bug in which loaded gui appearance
+		// settings are not respected by presence of scrollbar.
+		if (!explicitOpenHeight) {
+			openHeight = controllerHeight;
+		}
 		
 		return controllerObject;
 		
@@ -406,6 +413,8 @@ var GUI = function() {
 		controllerContainer.style.height = Math.round(curControllerContainerHeight)+'px';
 		checkForOverflow();
 	}
+	
+	// Load saved appearance:
 
 	if (GUI.guiIndex < GUI.savedAppearanceVars.length) {
 
@@ -413,9 +422,8 @@ var GUI = function() {
 		_this.domElement.style.width = width+"px";
 		
 		openHeight = parseInt(GUI.savedAppearanceVars[GUI.guiIndex][2]);
-		
+		explicitOpenHeight = true;
 		if (eval(GUI.savedAppearanceVars[GUI.guiIndex][0]) == true) {
-		// TODO: weirdness on open ... 
 			this.show();
 		}