diff --git a/Xresources b/Xresources
index 7a412e6..1193992 100644
--- a/Xresources
+++ b/Xresources
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ URxvt.font:            xft:Source Code Pro-8:regular
 URxvt.boldFont:        xft:Source Code Pro-8:bold
 URxvt.italicfont:      xft:Source Code Pro-8:italic
 URxvt.bolditalicFont:  xft:Source Code Pro-8:bold:italic
-URxvt.letterSpace:     -1
+URxvt.letterSpace:     -2
 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher,bell-command
 ! this setting assumes that the current browser is set correctly via update-alternatives
 URxvt.url-launcher:    /usr/bin/x-www-browser