diff --git a/frontend/ui/data/creoptions.lua b/frontend/ui/data/creoptions.lua
index a2a96d7e2..e0f2710dd 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/data/creoptions.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/data/creoptions.lua
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ local CreOptions = {
 				spacing = 15,
 				item_font_size = DCREREADER_CONFIG_FONT_SIZES,
 				values = DCREREADER_CONFIG_FONT_SIZES,
-				default_value = 22,
+				default_value = DCREREADER_CONFIG_DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE,
 				args = DCREREADER_CONFIG_FONT_SIZES,
 				event = "SetFontSize",
 			},
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua
index 1c5f6ec85..830ceea78 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerfont.lua
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function ReaderFont:onReadSettings(config)
 	self.font_size = config:readSetting("font_size")
 	if not self.font_size then
 		--@TODO change this!  12.01 2013 (houqp)
-		self.font_size = 29
+		self.font_size = DCREREADER_CONFIG_DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE
 	end
 	self.ui.document:setFontSize(Screen:scaleByDPI(self.font_size))