diff --git a/internal/dbus.go b/internal/dbus.go
index 3486a1c..8110a18 100644
--- a/internal/dbus.go
+++ b/internal/dbus.go
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ var (
 	hyprsock                    HyprConn
 	ongoing_notifications       map[uint32]chan uint32 = make(map[uint32]chan uint32)
 	current_id                  uint32                 = 0
-	sound                       bool
 	notification_padding_regexp *regexp.Regexp         = regexp.MustCompile("^\\s*|(\n)\\s*(.)")
+	sound                       bool
 )
 
 type DBusNotify string
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func parse_hints(nf *Notification, hints map[string]dbus.Variant) {
 
 	font_size, ok := hints["x-hyprnotify-font-size"].Value().(int32)
 	if ok {
-		nf.font_size.value = font_size
+		nf.font_size.value = uint8(font_size)
 	}
   
 	hint_icon, ok := hints["x-hyprnotify-icon"].Value().(int32)
@@ -206,8 +206,6 @@ func parse_hints(nf *Notification, hints map[string]dbus.Variant) {
 			nf.color.value = nf.color.HEX(hint_color)
 		}
 	}
-
-
 }
 
 func InitDBus(enable_sound bool) {
diff --git a/internal/hypripc.go b/internal/hypripc.go
index b1fb0b3..bc01f4c 100644
--- a/internal/hypripc.go
+++ b/internal/hypripc.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (hypr HyprConn) HyprCtl(args ...string) {
 func (hypr HyprConn) SendNotification(nf *Notification) {
 	icon := i32ToString(nf.icon.value)
 	timeout := i32ToString(nf.time_ms)
-	font_size := i32ToString(nf.font_size.value)
+	font_size := fmt.Sprintf("%d", nf.font_size.value)
 	msg := "fontsize:" + font_size + " " + nf.icon.padding + nf.message
 
 	hypr.HyprCtl("notify", icon, timeout, nf.color.value, msg)
diff --git a/internal/notify.go b/internal/notify.go
index dc51316..cfa3105 100644
--- a/internal/notify.go
+++ b/internal/notify.go
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ type icon struct {
 }
 
 type fontSize struct {
-	value   int32
-	DEFAULT int32
+	value uint8
 }
 
 func newColorStruct() color {
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ func NewNotification() Notification {
 
 	n.icon = newIconStruct()
 	n.color = newColorStruct()
-	n.font_size = fontSize{value: 13, DEFAULT: 13}
+	n.font_size = fontSize{value: 13}
 
 	n.set_urgency(1) // default
 	return n