diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.form b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.form
index 8407ea5753..b5d9288bee 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.form
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.form
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@
               <SubComponents>
                 <Component class="javax.swing.JTextArea" name="jTextArea1">
                   <Properties>
+                    <Property name="editable" type="boolean" value="false"/>
                     <Property name="background" type="java.awt.Color" editor="org.netbeans.beaninfo.editors.ColorEditor">
                       <Color blue="f0" green="f0" red="f0" type="rgb"/>
                     </Property>
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.java
index 9cc03a068f..b4e6d5ad89 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/InterestingItemDefsPanel.java
@@ -543,9 +543,10 @@ final class InterestingItemDefsPanel extends IngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel imp
         org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(rulePathFilterRegexCheckBox, org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(InterestingItemDefsPanel.class, "InterestingItemDefsPanel.rulePathFilterRegexCheckBox.text")); // NOI18N
         rulePathFilterRegexCheckBox.setEnabled(false);
 
+        jTextArea1.setEditable(false);
         jTextArea1.setBackground(new java.awt.Color(240, 240, 240));
         jTextArea1.setColumns(20);
-        jTextArea1.setFont(jTextArea1.getFont().deriveFont(Font.PLAIN, 11)); // NON-NLS
+        jTextArea1.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 0, 11)); // NOI18N
         jTextArea1.setLineWrap(true);
         jTextArea1.setRows(3);
         jTextArea1.setText(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(InterestingItemDefsPanel.class, "InterestingItemDefsPanel.jTextArea1.text")); // NOI18N