diff --git a/user/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/user/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
index aed1b97e1..fd657d5b5 100644
--- a/user/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
+++ b/user/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ font:
   bold_italic:
     family: mononoki Nerd Font
     style: Bold Italic
-  size: 7
+  size: 8
   offset:
     x: 0
     y: 1
diff --git a/user/.config/awesome/core/bar/bar.lua b/user/.config/awesome/core/bar/bar.lua
index b5361447b..795ff1a15 100644
--- a/user/.config/awesome/core/bar/bar.lua
+++ b/user/.config/awesome/core/bar/bar.lua
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ s.layout = awful.widget.watch(".config/awesome/core/bar/widgets/layout", 1)
             { -- Left widgets
                 layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
                 s.mylayoutbox,
+                wibox.widget.textbox(" "),
                 s.mytaglist,
+                wibox.widget.textbox(" "),
             },
             nil,
             { -- Right widgets