diff --git a/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/Client/ClientStateMachine.java b/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/Client/ClientStateMachine.java
index 3710a5723..2d68b39fd 100755
--- a/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/Client/ClientStateMachine.java
+++ b/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/Client/ClientStateMachine.java
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ protected void onMissionStarted()
 
             if (missionBehaviour.lowLevelInputs) {
                 Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings.hideGUI = false;
-                Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings.guiScale = 2;
+                Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings.guiScale = missionBehaviour.guiScale;
                 Minecraft.getMinecraft().gameSettings.fancyGraphics = true;
             } else {
                 // Disable the gui for the episode!
diff --git a/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/MissionHandlers/MissionBehaviour.java b/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/MissionHandlers/MissionBehaviour.java
index a3bf94fcf..421991ae5 100755
--- a/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/MissionHandlers/MissionBehaviour.java
+++ b/minerl/Malmo/Minecraft/src/main/java/com/microsoft/Malmo/MissionHandlers/MissionBehaviour.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import com.microsoft.Malmo.MissionHandlerInterfaces.IAudioProducer;
 import com.microsoft.Malmo.MissionHandlerInterfaces.ICommandHandler;
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@
 import com.microsoft.Malmo.Schemas.AgentSection;
 import com.microsoft.Malmo.Schemas.MissionInit;
 import com.microsoft.Malmo.Schemas.ServerHandlers;
-import com.microsoft.Malmo.Utils.TimeHelper;
 
 /** Holder class for the various MissionHandler interfaces that together define the behaviour of the mission.<br>
  */
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@ public class MissionBehaviour
     public IPerformanceProducer performanceProducer = null;
     public IWantToQuit quitProducer = null;
     public boolean lowLevelInputs = false;
+    public Integer guiScale = null;
 
     private String failedHandlers = "";
     
@@ -120,6 +119,7 @@ private void initAgent(MissionInit missionInit)
         // TODO hack - low level inputs are read from first agent. Ideally they should be either agent-specific,
         // or mission-level
         lowLevelInputs = agents.get(0).getAgentStart().isLowLevelInputs() != null && agents.get(0).getAgentStart().isLowLevelInputs();
+        guiScale = agents.get(0).getAgentStart().getGuiScale();
     }
 
     public boolean addExtraHandlers(List<Object> handlers)
diff --git a/minerl/Malmo/Schemas/Mission.xsd b/minerl/Malmo/Schemas/Mission.xsd
index 565800331..2512b1156 100755
--- a/minerl/Malmo/Schemas/Mission.xsd
+++ b/minerl/Malmo/Schemas/Mission.xsd
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@
                         </xs:documentation>
                     </xs:annotation>
                 </xs:element>
+                <xs:element name="GuiScale" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+                    <xs:annotation>
+                        <xs:documentation>
+                            Overrides default gui scale
+                        </xs:documentation>
+                    </xs:annotation>
+                </xs:element>
             </xs:all>
         </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
diff --git a/minerl/herobraine/env_specs/human_controls.py b/minerl/herobraine/env_specs/human_controls.py
index 7ca489dfc..a26f98fc1 100644
--- a/minerl/herobraine/env_specs/human_controls.py
+++ b/minerl/herobraine/env_specs/human_controls.py
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ def create_monitors(self) -> List[TranslationHandler]:
         return []  # No monitors by default!o
 
     def create_agent_start(self) -> List[Handler]:
-        return [handlers.LowLevelInputsAgentStart()]
+        return [handlers.LowLevelInputsAgentStart(), handlers.GuiScale(5)]
diff --git a/minerl/herobraine/hero/handlers/agent/start.py b/minerl/herobraine/hero/handlers/agent/start.py
index 4d1ace19f..6bfe276ab 100644
--- a/minerl/herobraine/hero/handlers/agent/start.py
+++ b/minerl/herobraine/hero/handlers/agent/start.py
@@ -218,3 +218,13 @@ def to_string(self) -> str:
 
     def xml_template(self) -> str:
         return "<LowLevelInputs>true</LowLevelInputs>"
+
+class GuiScale(Handler):
+    def __init__(self, gui_scale=4.0):
+        self.gui_scale = gui_scale
+
+    def to_string(self) -> str:
+        return "gui_scale"
+
+    def xml_template(self) -> str:
+        return "<GuiScale>{{gui_scale}}</GuiScale>"