diff --git a/lib/libtuxtxt/Makefile.am b/lib/libtuxtxt/Makefile.am
index bc1b6b968..f80ebfb19 100644
--- a/lib/libtuxtxt/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libtuxtxt/Makefile.am
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ noinst_LIBRARIES = libtuxtxt.a
 
 libtuxtxt_a_SOURCES = libtuxtxt.cpp tuxtxt.cpp
 
-configdir = $(CONFIGDIR)/tuxtxt
-config_DATA = tuxtxt2.conf
+## not necessary - the defaults in the code are exactly like
+## what is in the config file
+#configdir = $(CONFIGDIR)/tuxtxt
+#config_DATA = tuxtxt2.conf
diff --git a/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp b/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp
index f31250dfa..926a062c2 100644
--- a/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp
+++ b/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ int Init(int source)
 	screenmode = 0;
 	screen_mode1 = 0;
 	color_mode   = 10;
-	trans_mode   = 10;
+	trans_mode   = 1;
 	menulanguage = 1;	/* english */
 	/*national_subset = 0;*//* default */
 	auto_national   = 1;
@@ -1923,10 +1923,10 @@ int Init(int source)
 	showl25         = 1;
 	dumpl25         = 0;
 	usettf          = 1;
-	TTFWidthFactor16  = 28;
-	TTFHeightFactor16 = 16;
+	TTFWidthFactor16  = 22;
+	TTFHeightFactor16 = 14;
 	TTFShiftX         = 0;
-	TTFShiftY         = 0;
+	TTFShiftY         = -2;
 
 	/* load config */
 	if ((conf = fopen(TUXTXTCONF, "rt")) == 0)