diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.form b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.form
index ff87eade9ea..95b9e53df92 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.form
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.form
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                   <Group type="102" alignment="0" attributes="0">
                       <Component id="lblLevel" min="-2" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                       <EmptySpace max="-2" attributes="0"/>
-                      <Component id="cbLevel" min="-2" pref="45" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
+                      <Component id="cbLevel" min="-2" pref="54" max="-2" attributes="0"/>
                   </Group>
               </Group>
           </Group>
diff --git a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.java b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.java
index 003b0107336..c47014b5a20 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.java
+++ b/Mage.Client/src/main/java/mage/client/table/NewPlayerPanel.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class NewPlayerPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
 	    }
 	    this.txtPlayerDeck.setText(deckPath);
 		if (Config.defaultComputerName != null) this.txtPlayerName.setText(Config.defaultComputerName);
+		if (cbLevel.getModel().getSize() > 0) cbLevel.setSelectedIndex(cbLevel.getModel().getSize()-1);
     }
 
 	public void setPlayerName(String playerName) {
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ public class NewPlayerPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
                     .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                         .addComponent(lblLevel)
                         .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
-                        .addComponent(cbLevel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 45, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))))
+                        .addComponent(cbLevel, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 54, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))))
         );
         layout.setVerticalGroup(
             layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)