diff --git a/app/dialog/otioproperties/otiopropertiesdialog.cpp b/app/dialog/otioproperties/otiopropertiesdialog.cpp
index 4d9fffc36..e153aa47b 100644
--- a/app/dialog/otioproperties/otiopropertiesdialog.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/otioproperties/otiopropertiesdialog.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
@@ -34,8 +35,10 @@ OTIOPropertiesDialog::OTIOPropertiesDialog(const QList<Sequence*>& sequences, Pr
 {
   QVBoxLayout* layout = new QVBoxLayout(this);
 
-  layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("OpenTimelineIO files to not store sequence properties (resolution, framerate etc.).\n"
-                                  "Set the correct parameters here or they will be left at the default setting.")));
+  QLabel *msg = new QLabel(tr("OpenTimelineIO files do not store sequence parameters (resolution, frame rate, etc.)\n\n"
+                              "Please set the correct parameters on the sequences below (they have been set to your default sequence parameters as a starting point)."));
+  msg->setWordWrap(true);
+  layout->addWidget(msg);
 
   table_ = new QTreeWidget();
   table_->setColumnCount(2);
@@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ OTIOPropertiesDialog::OTIOPropertiesDialog(const QList<Sequence*>& sequences, Pr
     table_->setItemWidget(item, 1, item_actions);
   }
 
+  // Stretch first column to take up as much space as possible, and second column to take as little
+  table_->header()->setSectionResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::Stretch);
+  table_->header()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::Fixed);
+  table_->header()->setStretchLastSection(false);
+
   layout->addWidget(table_);
 
   QDialogButtonBox* buttons = new QDialogButtonBox(QDialogButtonBox::Ok|QDialogButtonBox::Cancel);
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ OTIOPropertiesDialog::OTIOPropertiesDialog(const QList<Sequence*>& sequences, Pr
   connect(buttons, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, this, &OTIOPropertiesDialog::reject);
   layout->addWidget(buttons);
 
-  setWindowTitle(tr("Load OpenTimelineIO File"));
+  setWindowTitle(tr("Load OpenTimelineIO Project"));
 }
 
 void OTIOPropertiesDialog::SetupSequence() {
diff --git a/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp b/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp
index 7a0ec6f87..896d90737 100644
--- a/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp
+++ b/app/task/project/loadotio/loadotio.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ bool LoadOTIOTask::Run()
                             Q_ARG(QList<Sequence*>,timeline_sequnce_map.values()));
 
   if (!accepted) {
-    SetError(tr("Loading OpenTimelineIO file(s) was canceled"));
-    return false;
+    // Cancel to indicate to caller that this task did not complete and to simply dispose of it
+    Cancel();
+    qDeleteAll(timeline_sequnce_map); // Clear sequences
+    return true;
   }
 
   foreach (auto timeline, timeline_sequnce_map.keys()) {