diff --git a/.config/river/load-colors b/.config/river/load-colors
index 2717bbb..5f99c4a 100755
--- a/.config/river/load-colors
+++ b/.config/river/load-colors
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ riverctl spawn "killall river-tag-overlay >/dev/null ; river-tag-overlay \
     --anchors=0:0:1:0 \
     --timeout=2000 \
     --font='monospace:style=Bold:size=16' \
+    --square-padding=5 \
     --square-inner-padding=5 \
     --background-colour=0x$background \
     --border-colour=0x$border_unfocused \