diff --git a/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp b/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
index d4716a7f9..a3ff8c4e8 100644
--- a/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
+++ b/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ namespace olive {
 
 AudioManager* AudioManager::instance_ = nullptr;
 
+QString AudioManager::GetAudioBackendName(AudioManager::Backend b)
+{
+  switch (b) {
+  case kAudioBackendQt:
+    return tr("Qt");
+  case kAudioBackendCount:
+    break;
+  }
+
+  return tr("Unknown");
+}
+
 void AudioManager::CreateInstance()
 {
   if (instance_ == nullptr) {
diff --git a/app/audio/audiomanager.h b/app/audio/audiomanager.h
index 26503e26c..3e159d255 100644
--- a/app/audio/audiomanager.h
+++ b/app/audio/audiomanager.h
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ class AudioManager : public QObject
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
+  enum Backend {
+    kAudioBackendQt,
+    kAudioBackendCount
+  };
+
+  static QString GetAudioBackendName(Backend b);
+
   static void CreateInstance();
   static void DestroyInstance();
 
diff --git a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesappearancetab.cpp b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesappearancetab.cpp
index 6bc54e753..e7fc9058f 100644
--- a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesappearancetab.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesappearancetab.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace olive {
 PreferencesAppearanceTab::PreferencesAppearanceTab()
 {
   QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-  layout->setMargin(0);
 
   QGridLayout* appearance_layout = new QGridLayout();
   layout->addLayout(appearance_layout);
diff --git a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.cpp b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.cpp
index 7ee42c0fa..079fa1e74 100644
--- a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "preferencesaudiotab.h"
 
 #include <QGridLayout>
+#include <QGroupBox>
 #include <QLabel>
 
 #include "audio/audiomanager.h"
@@ -30,65 +31,88 @@ namespace olive {
 
 PreferencesAudioTab::PreferencesAudioTab()
 {
-  QGridLayout* audio_tab_layout = new QGridLayout(this);
-  audio_tab_layout->setMargin(0);
+  QVBoxLayout* audio_tab_layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
 
-  int row = 0;
+  {
+    // Backend Layout
+    QGridLayout* main_layout = new QGridLayout();
+    main_layout->setMargin(0);
 
-  // Audio -> Output Device
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Output Device:")), row, 0);
+    int row = 0;
 
-  audio_output_devices_ = new QComboBox();
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(audio_output_devices_, row, 1);
+    main_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Backend:")), row, 0);
 
-  row++;
-
-  // Audio -> Input Device
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Input Device:")), row, 0);
-
-  audio_input_devices_ = new QComboBox();
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(audio_input_devices_, row, 1);
-
-  row++;
-
-  // Audio -> Sample Rate
-
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Sample Rate:")), row, 0);
-
-  audio_sample_rate_ = new QComboBox();
-  /*combobox_audio_sample_rates(audio_sample_rate);
-  for (int i=0;i<audio_sample_rate->count();i++) {
-    if (audio_sample_rate->itemData(i).toInt() == olive::config.audio_rate) {
-      audio_sample_rate->setCurrentIndex(i);
-      break;
+    audio_backend_combobox_ = new QComboBox();
+    for (int i=0; i<AudioManager::kAudioBackendCount; i++) {
+      audio_backend_combobox_->addItem(AudioManager::GetAudioBackendName(static_cast<AudioManager::Backend>(i)));
     }
-  }*/
+    main_layout->addWidget(audio_backend_combobox_, row, 1);
 
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(audio_sample_rate_, row, 1);
+    audio_tab_layout->addLayout(main_layout);
+  }
 
-  row++;
+  {
+    // Qt-Backend Layout
+    QGroupBox* qt_groupbox = new QGroupBox();
+    audio_tab_layout->addWidget(qt_groupbox);
 
-  // Audio -> Audio Recording
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Audio Recording:"), this), row, 0);
+    QVBoxLayout* qt_layout = new QVBoxLayout(qt_groupbox);
 
-  recording_combobox_ = new QComboBox();
-  recording_combobox_->addItem(tr("Mono"));
-  recording_combobox_->addItem(tr("Stereo"));
-//  recordingComboBox->setCurrentIndex(olive::config.recording_mode - 1);
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(recording_combobox_, row, 1);
+    int row = 0;
 
-  row++;
+    {
+      // Output Group
+      QGroupBox* qt_output_group = new QGroupBox();
+      qt_output_group->setTitle(tr("Output"));
+      qt_layout->addWidget(qt_output_group);
 
-  refresh_devices_btn_ = new QPushButton(tr("Refresh Devices"));
-  audio_tab_layout->addWidget(refresh_devices_btn_, row, 1);
+      QGridLayout* qt_output_layout = new QGridLayout(qt_output_group);
 
-  row++;
+      qt_output_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Device:")), row, 0);
 
-  RetrieveDeviceLists();
+      audio_output_devices_ = new QComboBox();
+      qt_output_layout->addWidget(audio_output_devices_, row, 1);
+    }
 
-  connect(refresh_devices_btn_, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &PreferencesAudioTab::RefreshDevices);
-  connect(AudioManager::instance(), &AudioManager::OutputListReady, this, &PreferencesAudioTab::RetrieveOutputList);
-  connect(AudioManager::instance(), &AudioManager::InputListReady, this, &PreferencesAudioTab::RetrieveInputList);
+    row = 0;
+
+    {
+      QGroupBox* qt_input_group = new QGroupBox();
+      qt_input_group->setTitle(tr("Input"));
+      qt_layout->addWidget(qt_input_group);
+
+      QGridLayout* qt_input_layout = new QGridLayout(qt_input_group);
+
+      qt_input_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Device:")), row, 0);
+
+      audio_input_devices_ = new QComboBox();
+      qt_input_layout->addWidget(audio_input_devices_, row, 1);
+
+      row++;
+
+      qt_input_layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("Recording Mode:"), this), row, 0);
+
+      recording_combobox_ = new QComboBox();
+      recording_combobox_->addItem(tr("Mono"));
+      recording_combobox_->addItem(tr("Stereo"));
+      qt_input_layout->addWidget(recording_combobox_, row, 1);
+    }
+
+    QHBoxLayout* qt_refresh_layout = new QHBoxLayout();
+    qt_layout->addLayout(qt_refresh_layout);
+    qt_refresh_layout->addStretch();
+
+    refresh_devices_btn_ = new QPushButton(tr("Refresh Devices"));
+    qt_refresh_layout->addWidget(refresh_devices_btn_);
+
+    RetrieveDeviceLists();
+
+    connect(refresh_devices_btn_, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &PreferencesAudioTab::RefreshDevices);
+    connect(AudioManager::instance(), &AudioManager::OutputListReady, this, &PreferencesAudioTab::RetrieveOutputList);
+    connect(AudioManager::instance(), &AudioManager::InputListReady, this, &PreferencesAudioTab::RetrieveInputList);
+  }
+
+  audio_tab_layout->addStretch();
 }
 
 void PreferencesAudioTab::Accept(MultiUndoCommand *command)
diff --git a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.h b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.h
index ba0eed3eb..6a2feb2ec 100644
--- a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.h
+++ b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesaudiotab.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public:
   virtual void Accept(MultiUndoCommand* command) override;
 
 private:
+  QComboBox* audio_backend_combobox_;
+
   /**
    * @brief UI widget for selecting the output audio device
    */
@@ -48,11 +50,6 @@ private:
    */
   QComboBox* audio_input_devices_;
 
-  /**
-   * @brief UI widget for selecting the audio sampling rates
-   */
-  QComboBox* audio_sample_rate_;
-
   /**
    * @brief UI widget for editing the recording channels
    */
diff --git a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesbehaviortab.cpp b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesbehaviortab.cpp
index eee5680c1..e6ae2fcd8 100644
--- a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesbehaviortab.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesbehaviortab.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ namespace olive {
 PreferencesBehaviorTab::PreferencesBehaviorTab()
 {
   QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-  layout->setMargin(0);
 
   behavior_tree_ = new QTreeWidget();
   layout->addWidget(behavior_tree_);
diff --git a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesgeneraltab.cpp b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesgeneraltab.cpp
index 1213fa67f..dc874debe 100644
--- a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesgeneraltab.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferencesgeneraltab.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace olive {
 PreferencesGeneralTab::PreferencesGeneralTab()
 {
   QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-  layout->setMargin(0);
 
   {
     QGroupBox* global_groupbox = new QGroupBox(tr("Locale"));
diff --git a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferenceskeyboardtab.cpp b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferenceskeyboardtab.cpp
index 1a4354999..3099a70f2 100644
--- a/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferenceskeyboardtab.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/preferences/tabs/preferenceskeyboardtab.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ namespace olive {
 PreferencesKeyboardTab::PreferencesKeyboardTab(QMenuBar *menubar)
 {
   QVBoxLayout* shortcut_layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
-  shortcut_layout->setMargin(0);
 
   QLineEdit* key_search_line = new QLineEdit();
   key_search_line->setPlaceholderText(tr("Search for action or shortcut"));