diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/waybar-top.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/waybar-top.nix
index 11594a60..270498a4 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/waybar-top.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/waybar-top.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # format specifiers: https://fmt.dev/latest/syntax.html#syntax
 # this is merged with the sway/waybar-top.nix defaults
 {
+  height = 26;
+
   modules-left = [ "sway/workspaces" ];
   modules-center = [ ];
   modules-right = [ "custom/sxmo" ];