diff --git a/gui/kivy/main.kv b/gui/kivy/main.kv
index 01bf693b9..0929a617c 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/main.kv
+++ b/gui/kivy/main.kv
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 <TextInput>
     on_focus: app._focused_widget = root
+    font_size: '18sp'
 
 <Button>
     on_parent: self.MIN_STATE_TIME = 0.1
diff --git a/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/checkpoint_dialog.py b/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/checkpoint_dialog.py
index 144c6bd7b..8f06a88be 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/checkpoint_dialog.py
+++ b/gui/kivy/uix/dialogs/checkpoint_dialog.py
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ Builder.load_string('''
                 height: '36dp'
             TextInput:
                 id: height_input
+                multiline: False
+                input_type: 'number'
                 height: '36dp'
                 size_hint_y: None
                 text: '%d'%root.cp_height
-                input_type: 'number'
                 on_focus: root.on_height_str()
             TopLabel:
                 text: _('Block hash') + ':'
diff --git a/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/network.kv b/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/network.kv
index 939c1669c..a428d232d 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/network.kv
+++ b/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/network.kv
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Popup:
         padding: '10dp'
         spacing: '10dp'
         TopLabel:
-            text: _("Electrum retrieves your transaction history from a single server. The history is then checked against blockchain headers sent by other nodes, using Simple Payment Verification (SPV).")
+            text: _("Electrum requests your transaction history from a single server. The returned history is then checked against blockchain headers sent by other nodes, using Simple Payment Verification (SPV).")
             font_size: '6pt'
         Widget:
             size_hint: 1, 0.8
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Popup:
                 text: _('Host') + ':'
             TextInput:
                 id: host
+                multiline: False
                 height: '36dp'
                 size_hint_x: 3
                 size_hint_y: None
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ Popup:
                 text: _('Port') + ':'
             TextInput:
                 id: port
+                multiline: False
                 input_type: 'number'
                 height: '36dp'
                 size_hint_x: 3
diff --git a/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/proxy.kv b/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/proxy.kv
index 81badc68d..1dbe76979 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/proxy.kv
+++ b/gui/kivy/uix/ui_screens/proxy.kv
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Popup:
                 text: _('Host')
             TextInput:
                 id: host
+                multiline: False
                 height: '48dp'
                 size_hint_y: None
                 text: ''
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ Popup:
                 text: _('Port')
             TextInput:
                 id: port
+                multiline: False
+                input_type: 'number'
                 height: '48dp'
                 size_hint_y: None
                 text: ''
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ Popup:
                 text: _('Username')
             TextInput:
                 id: user
+                multiline: False
                 height: '48dp'
                 size_hint_y: None
                 text: ''
@@ -43,6 +47,8 @@ Popup:
                 text: _('Password')
             TextInput:
                 id: password
+                multiline: False
+                password: True
                 height: '48dp'
                 size_hint_y: None
                 text: ''