diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css b/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css
index 53d094025ecdb917f1c7b9e29a42ce71e2e0e5fd..bd26e89980185373a068b2959e28d56f8cc49b1c 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ table.minerva-window-drug-table td {
     border: 1px solid black;
 }
 
+.minerva-root {
+    display: table;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+}
+
 .minerva-left-panel {
     display: table-cell;
     position: relative;
@@ -400,6 +406,32 @@ table.minerva-window-drug-table td {
     line-height: 24px;
 }
 
+.minerva-middle-panel {
+    display: table-cell;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+.minerva-middle-panel > div {
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.minerva-plugin-split-bar {
+    width: 5px;
+    height: 100%;
+    clear: both;
+    display: table-cell;
+    vertical-align: top;
+    border-left: 1px dotted gray;
+    cursor: col-resize;
+}
+
+.minerva-plugin {
+    display: table-cell;
+}
+
 .minerva-annotation-row-odd {
     padding: 5px;
     background-color: #EAEAEA;
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
index be76c9e0411cb4a2af9d89c52954cab40c5a2e94..21c9d9f889f942873c322f7b3a9f626d33b86ee2 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function insertGoogleAnalyticsCode() {
 function createDivStructure(element) {
   var tableDiv = functions.createElement({
     type: "div",
-    style: "display: table; width:100%; height: 100%"
+    className: "minerva-root"
   });
   element.appendChild(tableDiv);
   var leftPanelDiv = functions.createElement({
@@ -158,21 +158,19 @@ function createDivStructure(element) {
   tableDiv.appendChild(leftPanelDiv);
   var middlePanelDiv = functions.createElement({
     type: "div",
-    style: "display: table-cell;height:100%;width:100%;",
+    className: "minerva-middle-panel",
     name: "minerva-middle-panel"
   });
   tableDiv.appendChild(middlePanelDiv);
 
-  var middlePanelContainerDiv = functions.createElement({
-    type: "div",
-    style: "height:100%;width:100%;position:relative"
-  });
+  //this container is required because google maps API modifies DOM and it will crash
+  var middlePanelContainerDiv = functions.createElement({type: "div"});
   middlePanelDiv.appendChild(middlePanelContainerDiv);
 
   var splitBar = functions.createElement({
     type: "div",
     name: "minerva-plugin-split-bar",
-    style: "width:5px;height:100%;clear: both;display: table-cell;vertical-align:top;border-left:1px dotted gray;cursor:col-resize",
+    className: "minerva-plugin-split-bar",
     content: "&nbsp"
   });
   element.appendChild(splitBar);
@@ -180,7 +178,6 @@ function createDivStructure(element) {
   var rightPanelDiv = functions.createElement({
     type: "div",
     className: "minerva-plugin",
-    style: "display: table-cell;",
     name: "minerva-plugin-div"
   });
   element.appendChild(rightPanelDiv);
@@ -321,7 +318,7 @@ function create(params) {
       promise = functions.loadScript("https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?libraries=drawing&key=" + params.getConfiguration().getOption(ConfigurationType.GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY).getValue());
     }
     return promise;
-  }).then(function(){
+  }).then(function () {
     var element = params.getElement();
 
     verifyBrowser();