diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index e8633e6..5e1514c 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "IBM Plex Mono:pixelsize=15:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "IBM Plex Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
 static int borderpx = 0;
 
 /*
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ char *termname = "st-256color";
 unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
 
 /* bg opacity */
-float alpha = 0.80, alphaUnfocused = 0.70;
+float alpha = 0.90, alphaUnfocused = 0.85;
 
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {