diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp
index b5e8de6c1..025771e8b 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void JavaPage::applySettings()
 
     // Java Settings
     s->set("JavaPath", ui->javaPathTextBox->text());
-    s->set("JvmArgs", ui->jvmArgsTextBox->text());
+    s->set("JvmArgs", ui->jvmArgsTextBox->toPlainText().replace("\n", " "));
     s->set("IgnoreJavaCompatibility", ui->skipCompatibilityCheckbox->isChecked());
     s->set("IgnoreJavaWizard", ui->skipJavaWizardCheckbox->isChecked());
     JavaCommon::checkJVMArgs(s->get("JvmArgs").toString(), this->parentWidget());
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void JavaPage::loadSettings()
 
     // Java Settings
     ui->javaPathTextBox->setText(s->get("JavaPath").toString());
-    ui->jvmArgsTextBox->setText(s->get("JvmArgs").toString());
+    ui->jvmArgsTextBox->setPlainText(s->get("JvmArgs").toString());
     ui->skipCompatibilityCheckbox->setChecked(s->get("IgnoreJavaCompatibility").toBool());
     ui->skipJavaWizardCheckbox->setChecked(s->get("IgnoreJavaWizard").toBool());
 }
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void JavaPage::on_javaTestBtn_clicked()
         return;
     }
     checker.reset(new JavaCommon::TestCheck(
-        this, ui->javaPathTextBox->text(), ui->jvmArgsTextBox->text(),
+        this, ui->javaPathTextBox->text(), ui->jvmArgsTextBox->toPlainText().replace("\n", " "),
         ui->minMemSpinBox->value(), ui->maxMemSpinBox->value(), ui->permGenSpinBox->value()));
     connect(checker.get(), SIGNAL(finished()), SLOT(checkerFinished()));
     checker->run();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui
index 3e4b12a15..6ccffed4d 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui
@@ -150,6 +150,35 @@
           <string>Java Runtime</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
+          <item row="3" column="1">
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="javaDetectBtn">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>&amp;Auto-detect...</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="2" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="labelJVMArgs">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>JVM arguments:</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="alignment">
+             <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item row="0" column="0">
            <widget class="QLabel" name="labelJavaPath">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -166,40 +195,8 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item row="2" column="0">
-           <widget class="QLabel" name="labelJVMArgs">
-            <property name="sizePolicy">
-             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
-              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-             </sizepolicy>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>J&amp;VM arguments:</string>
-            </property>
-            <property name="buddy">
-             <cstring>jvmArgsTextBox</cstring>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
-          <item row="4" column="1">
-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="skipCompatibilityCheckbox">
-            <property name="sizePolicy">
-             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
-              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-             </sizepolicy>
-            </property>
-            <property name="toolTip">
-             <string>If enabled, the launcher will not check if an instance is compatible with the selected Java version.</string>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>&amp;Skip Java compatibility checks</string>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
-          <item row="3" column="1">
-           <widget class="QPushButton" name="javaDetectBtn">
+          <item row="3" column="2">
+           <widget class="QPushButton" name="javaTestBtn">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
@@ -207,7 +204,7 @@
              </sizepolicy>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
-             <string>&amp;Auto-detect...</string>
+             <string>&amp;Test</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
@@ -237,22 +234,22 @@
             </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
-          <item row="3" column="2">
-           <widget class="QPushButton" name="javaTestBtn">
+          <item row="4" column="1">
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="skipCompatibilityCheckbox">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Fixed">
               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
              </sizepolicy>
             </property>
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>If enabled, the launcher will not check if an instance is compatible with the selected Java version.</string>
+            </property>
             <property name="text">
-             <string>&amp;Test</string>
+             <string>&amp;Skip Java compatibility checks</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item row="2" column="1" colspan="2">
-           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="jvmArgsTextBox"/>
-          </item>
           <item row="5" column="1">
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="skipJavaWizardCheckbox">
             <property name="toolTip">
@@ -263,6 +260,25 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="2" column="1" colspan="2">
+           <widget class="QPlainTextEdit" name="jvmArgsTextBox">
+            <property name="enabled">
+             <bool>true</bool>
+            </property>
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="maximumSize">
+             <size>
+              <width>16777215</width>
+              <height>100</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -291,7 +307,6 @@
   <tabstop>permGenSpinBox</tabstop>
   <tabstop>javaBrowseBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>javaPathTextBox</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>jvmArgsTextBox</tabstop>
   <tabstop>javaDetectBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>javaTestBtn</tabstop>
   <tabstop>tabWidget</tabstop>