diff --git a/core/css/styles.scss b/core/css/styles.scss
index 1e316ac63cef6989664a0368761092f67adfdaef..c94b06fd500b70d687284007b8fe215782479c77 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.scss
+++ b/core/css/styles.scss
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ ul {
 body {
 	background-color: var(--color-main-background);
 	font-weight: normal;
-	/* bring the default font size up to 14px */
-	font-size: .875em;
+	/* bring the default font size up to 15px */
+	font-size: .9375em;
 	line-height: 1.6em;
 	font-family: var(--font-face);
 	color: var(--color-main-text);