diff --git a/RulerPlugin.cc b/RulerPlugin.cc
index 56a387a5a2dea8c6ec0e17314e2da45dd6675b44..c4f3c225e7bf858b538ef18339c578a9ef54ef70 100644
--- a/RulerPlugin.cc
+++ b/RulerPlugin.cc
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void RulerPlugin::showDistance()
   QString distanceStr = QString().number((distVec).length());
   textNode_->setText(distanceStr.toStdString());
   textNode_->multipassNodeSetActive(8, true);
-  textNode_->setSize(5);
+  textNode_->setSize(1);
 
   textTransformNode_->loadIdentity();
   textTransformNode_->translate(ACG::Vec3d(Point2.data()[0],Point2.data()[1],bbmax_.data()[2]));