diff --git a/home/wm/dunst.nix b/home/wm/dunst.nix
index 334396c..60e8604 100644
--- a/home/wm/dunst.nix
+++ b/home/wm/dunst.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ in
           frame_width = 3; # small frame
           geometry = "300x50-15+49";
           markup = "full"; # subset of HTML
+          max_icon_size = 32; # avoid icons that are too big
           padding = 6; # distance between text and bubble border
           progress_bar = true; # show a progress bar in notification bubbles
           separator_color = "frame"; # use frame color to separate bubbles