diff --git a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.Designer.cs b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.Designer.cs
index 75d4212..03ab19a 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.Designer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.Designer.cs
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@
       this.Controls.Add(this.barDockControlTop);
       this.Name = "MainForm";
       this.FormClosing += new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventHandler(this.MainForm_FormClosing);
-      this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.MainForm_Load);
+      this.Shown += new System.EventHandler(this.MainForm_Shown);
       this.DragDrop += new System.Windows.Forms.DragEventHandler(this.MainForm_DragDrop);
       this.DragEnter += new System.Windows.Forms.DragEventHandler(this.MainForm_DragEnter);
       ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.splitContainerControl1.Panel1)).EndInit();
diff --git a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
index 75df646..606215d 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
@@ -1297,13 +1297,25 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui
 
       if (Config.Default.LeftGridLayout != null)
       {
+        this.gridLeft.ForceInitialize();
         var xml = Config.Default.LeftGridLayout;
         this.gviewLeft.LoadLayoutFromXml(xml);
+        if (Config.Default.ScaleFactor.Width != 0)
+        {
+          foreach (GridColumn col in this.gviewLeft.Columns)
+            col.Width = (int) (col.Width / Config.Default.ScaleFactor.Width);
+        }
       }
       if (Config.Default.RightGridLayout != null)
       {
+        this.gridRight.ForceInitialize();
         var xml = Config.Default.RightGridLayout;
         this.gviewRight.LoadLayoutFromXml(xml);
+        if (Config.Default.ScaleFactor.Width != 0)
+        {
+          foreach (GridColumn col in this.gviewRight.Columns)
+            col.Width = (int)(col.Width / Config.Default.ScaleFactor.Width);
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -1928,9 +1940,9 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui
 
     // UI events
 
-    #region MainForm_Load
+    #region MainForm_Shown
 
-    private void MainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
+    private void MainForm_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
     {
       this.TryExecute(this.LoadSettings);
       this.TryExecute(this.InitAppAfterMainWindowWasShown);
@@ -2686,6 +2698,7 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui
       Config.Default.CheckForUpdates = this.miCheckUpdates.Down;
       Config.Default.LeftGridLayout = this.gviewLeft.SaveLayoutToXml();
       Config.Default.RightGridLayout = this.gviewRight.SaveLayoutToXml();
+      Config.Default.ScaleFactor = this.absScaleFactor;
 
       Config.Default.Save();
     }
diff --git a/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs b/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs
index 6dff838..151f0a8 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui.Properties
     public int FontSizeDelta { get; set; }
     public string LeftGridLayout { get; set; }
     public string RightGridLayout { get; set; }
+    public SizeF ScaleFactor { get; set; }
 
     private bool allowSave = true;
 
diff --git a/source/changelog.md b/source/changelog.md
index e420f7a..f4c98a5 100644
--- a/source/changelog.md
+++ b/source/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ChanSort Change Log 
 ===================
 
+2021-05-01_1615
+- fixed issue with high-res displays / Windows display scaling other than 100% aka 96dpi, that caused columns to
+  become wider every time the program was started.
+
 2021-05-01
 - added "Settings / Reset to defaults and restart" function to delete the stored customized settings in case something
   went wrong (like massively oversized column widths)