diff --git a/src/tests/servers/app/playground/Jamfile b/src/tests/servers/app/playground/Jamfile
index 59d98eafa0..0560020189 100644
--- a/src/tests/servers/app/playground/Jamfile
+++ b/src/tests/servers/app/playground/Jamfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if ( $(TARGET_PLATFORM) = haiku ) {
 } else {
 	# for running in the Haiku app_server under R5:
 	LinkSharedOSLibs Playground :
-#		<boot!home!config!lib>libopenbeos.so ;
-		be ;
+		<boot!home!config!lib>libopenbeos.so ;
+#		be ;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/servers/app/playground/ObjectWindow.cpp b/src/tests/servers/app/playground/ObjectWindow.cpp
index f2ab0951e8..334cb1ff97 100644
--- a/src/tests/servers/app/playground/ObjectWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/servers/app/playground/ObjectWindow.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ ObjectWindow::ObjectWindow(BRect frame, const char* name)
 	float maxHeight = minHeight;
 	SetSizeLimits(minWidth, maxWidth, minHeight, maxHeight);
 
+	ResizeTo(max_c(frame.Width(), minWidth), max_c(frame.Height(), minHeight));
+
 	_UpdateControls();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/servers/app/playground/main.cpp b/src/tests/servers/app/playground/main.cpp
index 36bcd68596..4e947ac45a 100644
--- a/src/tests/servers/app/playground/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/servers/app/playground/main.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 	BApplication* app = new BApplication("application/x.vnd-Haiku.Objects");
 
-	BRect frame(50.0, 50.0, 450.0, 450.0);
+	BRect frame(50.0, 50.0, 450.0, 400.0);
 	(new ObjectWindow(frame, "Playground"))->Show();
 
 	app->Run();