diff --git a/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinogameui.fxml b/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinogameui.fxml
index 642aaad..f8269ec 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinogameui.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinogameui.fxml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 
 <!-- Main container: Links the UI to the CasinoGameController and loads Casinogameui.css -->
-<AnchorPane xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21"
+<AnchorPane fx:id="rootPane"
+            xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21"
             xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
             fx:controller="ch.unibas.dmi.dbis.cs108.casono.client.ui.gameui.CasinoGameController"
             styleClass="background">
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@
                       alignment="CENTER"
                       styleClass="casino-table"
                       spacing="20"
+                      mouseTransparent="false"
+                      pickOnBounds="false"
                       maxWidth="Infinity"
                       maxHeight="Infinity">
 
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@
                             </Label>
 
                             <Label fx:id="tableText"
-                                   text="Welcome! The round is about to begin."
+                                   text="Welcome! The game starts when 4 players are present..."
                                    styleClass="table-title" />
 
                         </VBox>
@@ -160,18 +163,18 @@
     </GridPane>
 
     <!-- movable taskbar -->
-    <AnchorPane>
+    <AnchorPane pickOnBounds="false">
         <fx:include fx:id="taskbarInclude" source="gameuicomponents/Taskbar.fxml" GridPane.columnIndex="1"/>
     </AnchorPane>
 
     <!-- movable notebook (Tips Box) -->
-    <AnchorPane>
-        <fx:include fx:id="notebookInclude" source="gameuicomponents/Notebook.fxml"/>
+    <AnchorPane pickOnBounds="false">
+        <fx:include fx:id="notebookInclude" source="gameuicomponents/Notebook.fxml" GridPane.columnIndex="1"/>
     </AnchorPane>
 
     <!-- movable settings -->
-    <AnchorPane>
-        <fx:include fx:id="settingsInclude" source="gameuicomponents/Settings.fxml"/>
+    <AnchorPane pickOnBounds="false">
+        <fx:include fx:id="settingsInclude" source="gameuicomponents/Settings.fxml" GridPane.columnIndex="1"/>
     </AnchorPane>
 
 </AnchorPane>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/ui-structure/gameuicomponents/Playerstatus.fxml b/src/main/resources/ui-structure/gameuicomponents/Playerstatus.fxml
index fd6bdcf..19e7b1f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ui-structure/gameuicomponents/Playerstatus.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/ui-structure/gameuicomponents/Playerstatus.fxml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and status displays will be dynamically populated with real-time data from the s
 <VBox fx:id="playerStatusBox"
       xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21"
       xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
-    fx:controller="ch.unibas.dmi.dbis.cs108.casono.client.ui.gameui.gameuicomponents.PlayerStatusController"
+      fx:controller="ch.unibas.dmi.dbis.cs108.casono.client.ui.gameui.gameuicomponents.PlayerStatusController"
       styleClass="player-status-pane"
       prefWidth="200"
       spacing="5">
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ and status displays will be dynamically populated with real-time data from the s
         <HBox fx:id="statusInnerBoxTop"
               styleClass="status-inner-box-top"
               alignment="CENTER_LEFT"
-              prefHeight="40">
+              prefHeight="45">
 
             <padding>
                 <Insets left="10"/>