diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index b32a2b9..d00fca6 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "FiraCode Nerd Font Mono:pixelsize=24:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "FiraCode Nerd Font Mono:pixelsize=16:antialias=true:autohint=true";
 
 
 /* borderperc: percentage of cell width to use as a border