diff --git a/src/ui/painter.rs b/src/ui/painter.rs
index 90b221a..4cf983e 100644
--- a/src/ui/painter.rs
+++ b/src/ui/painter.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ impl<'a> Painter<'a> {
         ctx.fill().unwrap();
 
         // draw text
-        ctx.move_to(x + 0.2, y+0.8);
+        ctx.move_to(x + 0.2, y);
         ctx.theme_text(&input, false, &[], &self.theme);
     }
 
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ impl<'a> Painter<'a> {
         ctx.fill().unwrap();
 
         // draw text
-        ctx.move_to (x+0.2, y+0.8);
+        ctx.move_to (x+0.2, y);
         ctx.theme_text(&source, selected, &[], &self.theme);
-        ctx.move_to (x+3.5, y+0.8);
+        ctx.move_to (x+3.5, y);
         ctx.theme_text(&result, selected, indices, &self.theme);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/theme.rs b/src/ui/theme.rs
index adfc9e6..098b33c 100644
--- a/src/ui/theme.rs
+++ b/src/ui/theme.rs
@@ -125,10 +125,21 @@ impl ThemedContextExt for cairo::Context {
         font.set_size(theme.font.1*pango::SCALE);
         layout.set_font_description(Some(&font));
 
+        layout.set_spacing(0);
+
         layout.set_text(text);
 
         let (_width,height) = layout.size();
-        self.rel_move_to(0.0, -(height as f64)/(pango::SCALE as f64));
+        let device_height = (height as f64)/(pango::SCALE as f64);
+
+        self.save().unwrap();
+        self.scale(30.0,30.0);
+        let cairo_user_height = self.device_to_user_point(device_height);
+        let offset = (1.0 - cairo_user_height) / 2.0;
+        self.rel_move_to(0.0, offset);
+        self.restore().unwrap();
+
+        pangocairo::update_layout(self, &layout);
         pangocairo::show_layout(self, &layout);
         self.restore().unwrap();
     }