Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/SplashScreen.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/SplashScreen.java	(revision 17448)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/SplashScreen.java	(revision 17449)
@@ -385,4 +385,6 @@
     private static class SplashScreenProgressRenderer extends JPanel {
         private final JosmEditorPane lblTaskTitle = new JosmEditorPane();
+        private final JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(lblTaskTitle,
+                ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
         private final JProgressBar progressBar = new JProgressBar(JProgressBar.HORIZONTAL);
         private static final String LABEL_HTML = "<html>"
@@ -394,6 +396,4 @@
             JosmEditorPane.makeJLabelLike(lblTaskTitle, false);
             lblTaskTitle.setText(LABEL_HTML);
-            final JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(lblTaskTitle,
-                    ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
             scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(0, 320));
             scrollPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
@@ -418,4 +418,5 @@
             lblTaskTitle.setText(LABEL_HTML + tasks);
             lblTaskTitle.setCaretPosition(lblTaskTitle.getDocument().getLength());
+            scrollPane.getHorizontalScrollBar().setValue(0);
         }
     }
