diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6d0960d26a..8fb97ee614 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 						<div class="crow">
 							<label for="txorigin"><select name="txorigin" id="txorigin"></select> Transaction origin</label>
 						</div>
-						<div class="crow hide">
+						<div class="crow">
 							<label for="gasLimit"><input type="number" id="gasLimit" value="3000000"> Gas limit</label>
 						</div>
 						<div class="crow hide">
diff --git a/src/app/renderer.js b/src/app/renderer.js
index c85ac2fb09..cc44945434 100644
--- a/src/app/renderer.js
+++ b/src/app/renderer.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function Renderer (editor, executionContext, updateFiles) {
         var comp = $('#value').val().split(' ');
         return executionContext.web3().toWei(comp[0], comp.slice(1).join(' '));
       },
+      getGasLimit: function () { return $('#gasLimit').val(); },
       removable_instances: true,
       renderOutputModifier: function (contractName, $contractOutput) {
         var contract = data.contracts[contractName];
diff --git a/src/universal-dapp.js b/src/universal-dapp.js
index fdd61c7f0b..fa41461177 100644
--- a/src/universal-dapp.js
+++ b/src/universal-dapp.js
@@ -618,7 +618,14 @@ UniversalDApp.prototype.runTx = function (data, args, cb) {
     data = '0x' + data;
   }
 
-  var gas = self.options.getGas ? self.options.getGas : 3000000;
+  var gasLimit = 3000000;
+  if (self.options.getGasLimit) {
+    try {
+      gasLimit = self.options.getGasLimit();
+    } catch (e) {
+      return cb(e);
+    }
+  }
 
   var value = 0;
   if (self.options.getValue) {
@@ -645,7 +652,7 @@ UniversalDApp.prototype.runTx = function (data, args, cb) {
           return cb(err, resp);
         }
 
-        if (resp > gas) {
+        if (resp > gasLimit) {
           return cb('Gas required exceeds limit: ' + resp);
         }
 
@@ -667,7 +674,7 @@ UniversalDApp.prototype.runTx = function (data, args, cb) {
       tx = new EthJSTX({
         nonce: new Buffer([account.nonce++]), // @todo count beyond 255
         gasPrice: 1,
-        gasLimit: gas,
+        gasLimit: gasLimit,
         to: to,
         value: new BN(value, 10),
         data: new Buffer(data.slice(2), 'hex')