diff --git a/sparkcore/lua/hud.lua b/sparkcore/lua/hud.lua
index dbcbc78..c5800fc 100644
--- a/sparkcore/lua/hud.lua
+++ b/sparkcore/lua/hud.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
     offset = {x =-100, y = -40},
     text = "bar_red.png",
     direction = 0,
-    number = 20
+    number = 20,
+    size = { x=2, y=20 }
   })
   local idy = player:hud_add({
     hud_elem_type = "text",
@@ -40,4 +41,4 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
       player:hud_change(i["idt"], "text", energy .. " / " .. energymax)
     end
   end
-end)
\ No newline at end of file
+end)
diff --git a/sparkdebug/lua/multimeter.lua b/sparkdebug/lua/multimeter.lua
index 969a05d..0073974 100644
--- a/sparkdebug/lua/multimeter.lua
+++ b/sparkdebug/lua/multimeter.lua
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ minetest.register_on_joinplayer(function(player)
 				offset = {x =-100, y = -40},
 				text = "bar_red.png",
 				direction = 0,
+				size = { x=2, y=20 }, -- looks correct with 2, less is invisble, more is too big :/
 				number = 20
 		})
 		local idy = player:hud_add({