diff --git a/include/game/gamemanager.hpp b/include/game/gamemanager.hpp
index 7b49afc..e12f438 100644
--- a/include/game/gamemanager.hpp
+++ b/include/game/gamemanager.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ namespace Game {
     using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
 
     enum class GameStateEnum {
-        MENU,
         RUNNING,
         PAUSED,
         STOPPED
diff --git a/src/game/gamemanager.cpp b/src/game/gamemanager.cpp
index 2cdbe28..e4b0a5d 100644
--- a/src/game/gamemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/game/gamemanager.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 namespace Game {
-    GameStateEnum GameManager::mCurrentGameState = GameStateEnum::MENU;
+    GameStateEnum GameManager::mCurrentGameState = GameStateEnum::RUNNING;
     
     void GameManager::run(std::stop_token stopToken) {
         using namespace std::chrono_literals;
diff --git a/src/object/ui/uitextbox.cpp b/src/object/ui/uitextbox.cpp
index e1ad491..abb8583 100644
--- a/src/object/ui/uitextbox.cpp
+++ b/src/object/ui/uitextbox.cpp
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ namespace Game::Object {
         : Entity(name, font, transform), mX(x), mY(y), mConfig(config) { }
 
     void UITextBox::start() {
-        mTransform.x = mX - mTex->getWidth()  * mTransform.adjustedScaleX() / 2.f;
-        mTransform.y = mY - mTex->getHeight() * mTransform.adjustedScaleY() / 2.f;
-
-        mBoxWidth  = static_cast<float>(mTex->getWidth())  * mTransform.adjustedScaleX();
-        mBoxHeight = static_cast<float>(mTex->getHeight()) * mTransform.adjustedScaleY();
+        // Compute visual box size first (respecting min sizes and scale), then center the box
+        mBoxWidth  = static_cast<float>(mTex ? mTex->getWidth() : 0.f)  * mTransform.adjustedScaleX();
+        mBoxHeight = static_cast<float>(mTex ? mTex->getHeight() : 0.f) * mTransform.adjustedScaleY();
 
         if (mBoxWidth  < mConfig.minWidth)  mBoxWidth  = mConfig.minWidth;
         if (mBoxHeight < mConfig.minHeight) mBoxHeight = mConfig.minHeight;
 
+        // Center using the computed box dimensions rather than raw texture size so padding/min sizes are respected
+        mTransform.x = mX - mBoxWidth / 2.f;
+        mTransform.y = mY - mBoxHeight / 2.f;
+
         refreshVisualText();
     }