diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index fe2feafb2..96d131fee 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ view_options_t::add_options (option_parser_t *parser)
     {"foreground",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&this->fore,			"Set foreground color (default: "DEFAULT_FORE")",	"red/#rrggbb/#rrggbbaa"},
     {"line-space",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,	&this->line_space,		"Set space between lines (default: 0)",			"units"},
     {"margin",		0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK,	(gpointer) &parse_margin,	"Margin around output (default: "G_STRINGIFY(DEFAULT_MARGIN)")","one to four numbers"},
+    {"font-size",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,	&this->font_size,		"Font size (default: "G_STRINGIFY(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE)")","size"},
     {NULL}
   };
   parser->add_group (entries,
@@ -371,7 +372,6 @@ font_options_t::add_options (option_parser_t *parser)
   {
     {"font-file",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&this->font_file,		"Font file-name",					"filename"},
     {"face-index",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,		&this->face_index,		"Face index (default: 0)",                              "index"},
-    {"font-size",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,	&this->font_size,		"Font size (default: "G_STRINGIFY(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE)")","size"},
     {NULL}
   };
   parser->add_group (entries,
diff --git a/util/options.hh b/util/options.hh
index a101f7d9d..e8747a6b2 100644
--- a/util/options.hh
+++ b/util/options.hh
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct option_parser_t
 #define DEFAULT_MARGIN 18
 #define DEFAULT_FORE "#000000"
 #define DEFAULT_BACK "#FFFFFF"
+#define DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE 36
 
 struct view_options_t : option_group_t
 {
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ struct view_options_t : option_group_t
     back = DEFAULT_BACK;
     line_space = 0;
     margin.t = margin.r = margin.b = margin.l = DEFAULT_MARGIN;
+    font_size = DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
 
     add_options (parser);
   }
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ struct view_options_t : option_group_t
   struct margin_t {
     double t, r, b, l;
   } margin;
+  double font_size;
 };
 
 
@@ -142,14 +145,11 @@ struct shape_options_t : option_group_t
 };
 
 
-#define DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE 36
-
 struct font_options_t : option_group_t
 {
   font_options_t (option_parser_t *parser) {
     font_file = NULL;
     face_index = 0;
-    font_size = DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE;
 
     font = NULL;
 
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ struct font_options_t : option_group_t
 
   const char *font_file;
   int face_index;
-  double font_size;
 
   private:
   mutable hb_font_t *font;
diff --git a/util/view-cairo.cc b/util/view-cairo.cc
index 9ca44c8f1..c6278f1cd 100644
--- a/util/view-cairo.cc
+++ b/util/view-cairo.cc
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void
 view_cairo_t::init (const font_options_t *font_opts)
 {
   lines = g_array_new (FALSE, FALSE, sizeof (line_t));
-  scale = double (font_opts->font_size) / hb_face_get_upem (hb_font_get_face (font_opts->get_font ()));
+  scale = double (font_size) / hb_face_get_upem (hb_font_get_face (font_opts->get_font ()));
 }
 
 void
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ view_cairo_t::create_scaled_font (const font_options_t *font_opts)
 
   cairo_matrix_init_identity (&ctm);
   cairo_matrix_init_scale (&font_matrix,
-			   font_opts->font_size, font_opts->font_size);
+			   font_size, font_size);
   font_options = cairo_font_options_create ();
   cairo_font_options_set_hint_style (font_options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
   cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics (font_options, CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF);