diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index ead1509..3e5fd7a 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ static const int WIN_HEIGHT = 600;
 /* colors and font can be overwritten via X resource properties.
  * See nsxiv(1), X(7) section Resources and xrdb(1) for more information.
  *                                      X resource            value (NULL == default) */
-static const char *WIN_BG[]   = { "Nsxiv.window.background",   "white" };
-static const char *WIN_FG[]   = { "Nsxiv.window.foreground",   "black" };
+static const char *WIN_BG[]   = { "Nsxiv.window.background",   "#222222" };
+static const char *WIN_FG[]   = { "Nsxiv.window.foreground",   "#cccccc" };
 static const char *MARK_FG[]  = { "Nsxiv.mark.foreground",      NULL };
 #if HAVE_LIBFONTS
 static const char *BAR_BG[]   = { "Nsxiv.bar.background",       NULL };
 static const char *BAR_FG[]   = { "Nsxiv.bar.foreground",       NULL };
-static const char *BAR_FONT[] = { "Nsxiv.bar.font",            "monospace-8" };
+static const char *BAR_FONT[] = { "Nsxiv.bar.font",            "Mononoki Nerd Font:size=16" };
 
 /* if true, statusbar appears on top of the window */
 static const bool TOP_STATUSBAR = false;
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ static const int PAN_FRACTION = 5;
  * NOTE: higher cache size means better image reloading performance, but also
  * higher memory usage.
  */
-static const int CACHE_SIZE_MEM_PERCENTAGE = 3;          /* use 3% of total memory for cache */
-static const int CACHE_SIZE_LIMIT = 256 * 1024 * 1024;   /* but not above 256MiB */
+static const int CACHE_SIZE_MEM_PERCENTAGE = 2;          /* use 3% of total memory for cache */
+static const int CACHE_SIZE_LIMIT = 200 * 1024 * 1024;   /* but not above 256MiB */
 static const int CACHE_SIZE_FALLBACK = 32 * 1024 * 1024; /* fallback to 32MiB if we can't determine total memory */
 
 #endif