diff --git a/packages/st/config.h b/packages/st/config.h
index 92613e4..4d46082 100644
--- a/packages/st/config.h
+++ b/packages/st/config.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
 static char *font = "-*-Ttyp0-normal-normal-normal-*-17-*-*-*-c-70-iso10646-1";
-static int borderpx = 0;
+static int borderpx = 8;
 
 /*
  * What program is execed by st depends of these precedence rules: