diff --git a/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp b/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp
index 7737b9bf50c24643b098d520c3fb1014c9ac6b3f..efa6631f01f40e4bf49e92d612e32d0f9993adcf 100644
--- a/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ void MainWindow::setParamGroups(QStringList groupNames) {
 
 void MainWindow::setLoggingVariableBox(QStringList variableNames) {
     ui->logVariableList->addItems(variableNames);
+    ui->logVariableList->sortItems(Qt::AscendingOrder);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::getGroupBoxChange(int index) {
diff --git a/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.ui b/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.ui
index 9ba58cb473da60789bb8bb930d79f0d3c7b378cd..64519a4bd224085023fcf131a98aa308bac75230 100644
--- a/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/groundStation/gui/MicroCART/mainwindow.ui
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
        </size>
       </property>
       <property name="currentIndex">
-       <number>0</number>
+       <number>3</number>
       </property>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="backend">
        <attribute name="title">
@@ -922,9 +922,15 @@
           <x>0</x>
           <y>40</y>
           <width>511</width>
-          <height>881</height>
+          <height>721</height>
          </rect>
         </property>
+        <property name="sizePolicy">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+         </sizepolicy>
+        </property>
        </widget>
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
         <property name="geometry">