diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/BasicPropertiesPanel.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/BasicPropertiesPanel.java
index c1eca86b32467a49bc1ac0826df0804e3a988801..bf504ef5897c4b77d3757365d96ebdcf16d79a74 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/BasicPropertiesPanel.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/BasicPropertiesPanel.java
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ public class BasicPropertiesPanel extends JPanel
     Box yBox = Box.createVerticalBox();
     gene = (Feature) chadoGene.getGene().getUserData();
     genePropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(gene, true, false, true, false);
+    genePropPanel.makeBorder();
     yBox.add(genePropPanel);
     
     Feature transcript = gbFrame.getSelectedTranscriptFeature();
     transcriptPropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(transcript, true, false, false, false);
+    transcriptPropPanel.makeBorder();
     yBox.add(transcriptPropPanel);
     
     String transcriptName = GeneUtils.getUniqueName(transcript.getEmblFeature());
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ public class BasicPropertiesPanel extends JPanel
     {
       Feature exon = (Feature) exons.get(0).getUserData();
       exonPropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(exon, false, false, false, false);
+      exonPropPanel.makeBorder();
       yBox.add(exonPropPanel);
     }
      
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ public class BasicPropertiesPanel extends JPanel
     {
       Feature protein = (Feature) pep.getUserData();
       pepPropPanel = new PropertiesPanel(protein, true, false, false, false);
+      pepPropPanel.makeBorder();
       yBox.add(pepPropPanel);
     }
     
diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java
index 5ff4a7960d3de918bccc0349e5c0e4b0103b445e..ed5962a184e6ad59d9f8c22707c5fa0eea8fea6c 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/genebuilder/gff/PropertiesPanel.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class PropertiesPanel extends JPanel
     
     setBackground(Color.WHITE);
     updateFromFeature(feature);
-    makeBorder();
+    //makeBorder();
   }
   
   /**