diff --git a/src/libs/vwidgets/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp b/src/libs/vwidgets/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp
index 84f7f8696..6af440ac4 100644
--- a/src/libs/vwidgets/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/vwidgets/vgraphicssimpletextitem.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include "global.h"
 #include "vscenepoint.h"
 
-#define DEFAULT_SCALE 0.0001
+#define DEFAULT_SCALE 0.001
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**