diff --git a/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTabView.kt b/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTabView.kt
index aa83a6769f..231db1b994 100644
--- a/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTabView.kt
+++ b/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTabView.kt
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ class NodeTabView : Fragment() {
 
             hbox {
                 styleClass.addAll("node-panel")
+                vboxConstraints { vGrow = Priority.ALWAYS }
 
                 fieldset("CorDapps") {
                     hboxConstraints { hGrow = Priority.ALWAYS }
                     styleClass.addAll("cordapps-panel")
 
                     listview(cordapps) {
+                        vboxConstraints { vGrow = Priority.ALWAYS }
                         setOnKeyPressed { key ->
                             if ((key.code == KeyCode.DELETE) && !selectionModel.isEmpty) {
                                 cordapps.remove(selectionModel.selectedItem)
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ class NodeTabView : Fragment() {
                     styleClass.addAll("services-panel")
 
                     listview(availableServices.observable()) {
+                        vboxConstraints { vGrow = Priority.ALWAYS }
                         selectionModel.selectionMode = MULTIPLE
                         model.item.extraServices.set(selectionModel.selectedItems)
                     }
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ class NodeTabView : Fragment() {
 
             value = CityDatabase["London"]
 
-            // TODO: Find a way to make the popup the same width as when not auto-completing.
+            // TODO: Upgrade to TornadoFX 1.7.3 to fix an issue where the combobox dropdown isn't wide enough.
             isEditable = true
             makeAutocompletable()
         }
diff --git a/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTerminalView.kt b/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTerminalView.kt
index bdf98cddb2..4bb090be94 100644
--- a/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTerminalView.kt
+++ b/tools/demobench/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/demobench/views/NodeTerminalView.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import javafx.application.Platform
 import javafx.embed.swing.SwingNode
 import javafx.scene.control.Button
 import javafx.scene.control.Label
+import javafx.scene.image.ImageView
+import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane
 import javafx.scene.layout.VBox
+import javafx.util.Duration
 import net.corda.client.rpc.notUsed
 import net.corda.demobench.explorer.ExplorerController
 import net.corda.demobench.model.NodeConfig
@@ -18,7 +21,8 @@ import net.corda.demobench.rpc.NodeRPC
 import net.corda.demobench.ui.PropertyLabel
 import net.corda.demobench.web.DBViewer
 import net.corda.demobench.web.WebServerController
-import tornadofx.Fragment
+import tornadofx.*
+import java.awt.Color
 import java.awt.Dimension
 import java.util.logging.Level
 import javax.swing.SwingUtilities
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ class NodeTerminalView : Fragment() {
     private val viewer = DBViewer()
     private var rpc: NodeRPC? = null
     private var pty: R3Pty? = null
+    private lateinit var logo: ImageView
 
     fun open(config: NodeConfig, onExit: () -> Unit) {
         nodeName.text = config.legalName
@@ -55,7 +60,11 @@ class NodeTerminalView : Fragment() {
             swingTerminal.requestFocus()
         }
 
-        root.children.add(swingTerminal)
+        logo = ImageView(resources["corda-logo-square-trans.png"])
+        logo.opacity = 0.0
+        swingTerminal.styleClass += "terminal-widget"
+        val stack = StackPane(logo, swingTerminal)
+        root.children.add(stack)
         root.isVisible = true
 
         SwingUtilities.invokeLater({
@@ -144,6 +153,7 @@ class NodeTerminalView : Fragment() {
             )
 
             Platform.runLater {
+                logo.opacityProperty().animate(1.0, Duration.seconds(2.5))
                 states.value = fetchAndDrop(statesInVault).size.toString()
                 transactions.value = fetchAndDrop(verifiedTx).size.toString()
                 balance.value = if (cashBalances.isNullOrEmpty()) "0" else cashBalances
@@ -177,6 +187,5 @@ class NodeTerminalView : Fragment() {
     class TerminalSettingsProvider : DefaultSettingsProvider() {
         override fun getDefaultStyle() = TextStyle(TerminalColor.WHITE, TerminalColor.rgb(50, 50, 50))
         override fun emulateX11CopyPaste() = true
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/style.css b/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/style.css
index 38c7bad175..6b87beaa46 100644
--- a/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/style.css
+++ b/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/style.css
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
     -fx-background-color: #323232;
 }
 
+.terminal-widget {
+    -fx-opacity: 0.85;
+}
+
 .node-panel {
     -fx-spacing: 1em;
     -fx-background-color: white;
diff --git a/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/DemoBenchView.fxml b/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/DemoBenchView.fxml
index 98fb3d1e48..195b1f91cc 100644
--- a/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/DemoBenchView.fxml
+++ b/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/DemoBenchView.fxml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
         </Menu>
     </MenuBar>
     <StackPane styleClass="root-pane" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS">
-        <TabPane fx:id="nodeTabPane" minHeight="444.0" minWidth="800.0" prefHeight="613.0" prefWidth="1231.0" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE" tabMinHeight="30.0" />
+        <TabPane fx:id="nodeTabPane" minHeight="600.0" minWidth="800.0" prefHeight="800.0" prefWidth="1231.0" tabClosingPolicy="UNAVAILABLE" tabMinHeight="30.0" />
         <ImageView fitHeight="40.0" preserveRatio="true" StackPane.alignment="TOP_LEFT">
-            <Image url="@cordalogo-full-trans.png"/>
+            <Image url="@corda-logo-full-trans.png"/>
             <StackPane.margin>
                 <Insets left="20" top="15.0"/>
             </StackPane.margin>
diff --git a/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/cordalogo-full-trans.png b/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/corda-logo-full-trans.png
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/cordalogo-full-trans.png
rename to tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/corda-logo-full-trans.png
diff --git a/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/corda-logo-square-trans.png b/tools/demobench/src/main/resources/net/corda/demobench/views/corda-logo-square-trans.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a9f57c233
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