diff --git a/src/GameEngine.cpp b/src/GameEngine.cpp
index 1e18194..65878a6 100644
--- a/src/GameEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/GameEngine.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ GameEngine::GameEngine()
     Resources::font.loadFromFile("./assets/JetbrainsMono.ttf");
     Resources::game = this;
     window_title = "McRogueFace - 7DRL 2024 Engine Demo";
-    window.create(sf::VideoMode(1024, 768), window_title);
+    window.create(sf::VideoMode(1024, 768), window_title, sf::Style::Titlebar | sf::Style::Close);
     visible = window.getDefaultView();
     window.setFramerateLimit(30);
     scene = "uitest";
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ sf::RenderWindow & GameEngine::getWindow() { return window; }
 
 void GameEngine::createScene(std::string s) { scenes[s] = new PyScene(this); }
 
+void GameEngine::setWindowScale(float multiplier)
+{
+    window.setSize(sf::Vector2u(1024 * multiplier, 768 * multiplier)); // 7DRL 2024: window scaling
+    //window.create(sf::VideoMode(1024 * multiplier, 768 * multiplier), window_title, sf::Style::Titlebar | sf::Style::Close);
+}
+
 void GameEngine::run()
 {
     float fps = 0.0;
@@ -118,11 +124,18 @@ void GameEngine::sUserInput()
         if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed) { running = false; continue; }
         // TODO: add resize event to Scene to react; call it after constructor too, maybe
         else if (event.type == sf::Event::Resized) {
+            continue; // 7DRL short circuit. Resizing manually disabled
+            /*
             sf::FloatRect area(0.f, 0.f, event.size.width, event.size.height);
+            //sf::FloatRect area(0.f, 0.f, 1024.f, 768.f); // 7DRL 2024: attempt to set scale appropriately
+            //sf::FloatRect area(0.f, 0.f, event.size.width, event.size.width * 0.75);
             visible = sf::View(area);
             window.setView(visible);
-            //std::cout << "Visible area set to (0, 0, " << event.size.width << ", " << event.size.height <<")"<<std::endl;
+            //window.setSize(sf::Vector2u(event.size.width, event.size.width * 0.75)); // 7DRL 2024: window scaling
+            std::cout << "Visible area set to (0, 0, " << event.size.width << ", " << event.size.height <<")"<<std::endl;
             actionType = "resize";
+            //window.setSize(sf::Vector2u(event.size.width, event.size.width * 0.75)); // 7DRL 2024: window scaling
+            */
         }
 
         else if (event.type == sf::Event::KeyPressed || event.type == sf::Event::MouseButtonPressed || event.type == sf::Event::MouseWheelScrolled) actionType = "start";
diff --git a/src/GameEngine.h b/src/GameEngine.h
index d24f231..253e9cb 100644
--- a/src/GameEngine.h
+++ b/src/GameEngine.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public:
     float getFrameTime() { return frameTime; }
     sf::View getView() { return visible; }
     void manageTimer(std::string, PyObject*, int);
+    void setWindowScale(float);
 
     // global textures for scripts to access
     std::vector<IndexTexture> textures;
diff --git a/src/McRFPy_API.cpp b/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
index 47f0cbd..d655686 100644
--- a/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
+++ b/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static PyMethodDef mcrfpyMethods[] = {
     {"setTimer", McRFPy_API::_setTimer, METH_VARARGS, "setTimer(name:str, callable:object, interval:int) - callable will be called with args (runtime:float) every `interval` milliseconds"},
     {"delTimer", McRFPy_API::_delTimer, METH_VARARGS, "delTimer(name:str) - stop calling the timer labelled with `name`"},
     {"exit", McRFPy_API::_exit, METH_VARARGS, "exit() - close down the game engine"},
+    {"setScale", McRFPy_API::_setScale, METH_VARARGS, "setScale(multiplier:float) - resize the window (still 1024x768, but bigger)"},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
 };
 
@@ -486,3 +487,16 @@ PyObject* McRFPy_API::_exit(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;
 }
+
+PyObject* McRFPy_API::_setScale(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+	float multiplier;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "f", &multiplier)) return NULL;
+    if (multiplier < 0.2 || multiplier > 4)
+    {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Window scale must be between 0.2 and 4");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    game->setWindowScale(multiplier);
+    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+    return Py_None;
+}
diff --git a/src/McRFPy_API.h b/src/McRFPy_API.h
index 7148b11..ca4a404 100644
--- a/src/McRFPy_API.h
+++ b/src/McRFPy_API.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public:
     static PyObject* _delTimer(PyObject*, PyObject*);
 
     static PyObject* _exit(PyObject*, PyObject*);
+    static PyObject* _setScale(PyObject*, PyObject*);
 
     // accept keyboard input from scene
     static sf::Vector2i cursor_position;
diff --git a/src/PyScene.cpp b/src/PyScene.cpp
index 3b5a872..2052091 100644
--- a/src/PyScene.cpp
+++ b/src/PyScene.cpp
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ void PyScene::update()
 
 void PyScene::do_mouse_input(std::string button, std::string type)
 {
-    auto mousepos = sf::Mouse::getPosition(game->getWindow());
+    auto unscaledmousepos = sf::Mouse::getPosition(game->getWindow());
+    auto mousepos = game->getWindow().mapPixelToCoords(unscaledmousepos);
     UIDrawable* target;
     for (auto d: *ui_elements)
     {
         target = d->click_at(sf::Vector2f(mousepos));
         if (target)
         {
-            PyObject* args = Py_BuildValue("(iiss)", mousepos.x, mousepos.y, button.c_str(), type.c_str());
+            PyObject* args = Py_BuildValue("(iiss)", (int)mousepos.x, (int)mousepos.y, button.c_str(), type.c_str());
             PyObject* retval = PyObject_Call(target->click_callable, args, NULL);
             if (!retval)
             {