diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 4ed688f..86dc215 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "mono:pixelsize=16:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "FiraCode-Medium:pixelsize=17:antialias=true:autohint=true";
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ static unsigned int defaultrcs = 0;
  * 6: Bar ("|")
  * 7: Snowman ("☃")
  */
-static unsigned int cursorshape = 2;
+static unsigned int cursorshape = 4;
 
 /*
  * Default columns and rows numbers
  */
 
 static unsigned int cols = 80;
-static unsigned int rows = 24;
+static unsigned int rows = 25;
 
 /*
  * Default colour and shape of the mouse cursor