diff --git a/config/fg42.user.el b/config/fg42.user.el
index e12d58c..7fbe551 100644
--- a/config/fg42.user.el
+++ b/config/fg42.user.el
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 (require 'cubes/terraform)
 (require 'cubes/graph)
 
+(defvar global-font-size 12)
+
 (custom-set-faces
  '(mini-modeline-mode-line
    ((((background light))