diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index 5536a2b..3e68948 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static char *normtext                  = "Normal"; /* Text to display for normal
 static char *instext                   = "Insert"; /* Text to display for insert mode */
 
 /* Window border options */
-static int borderwidth                 = 2; /* Width of the border */
+static int borderwidth                 = 0; /* Width of the border */
 
 /* Font options */
 static char font[]                     = "Noto Sans Mono 8"; /* Font to draw text and Pango markup with. */