diff --git a/source/app/web/settings.example.json b/source/app/web/settings.example.json
index 740cb9fb..eba8a6ed 100644
--- a/source/app/web/settings.example.json
+++ b/source/app/web/settings.example.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "debug.headless": false,         "//": "Debug puppeteer process",
   "mocked": false,                 "//": "Use mocked data instead of live APIs (use 'force' to use mocked token even if real token are defined)",
   "repositories": 100,             "//": "Number of repositories to use",
-  "padding": ["6%", "13%"],        "//": "Image padding (default)",
+  "padding": ["16", "16 + 9%"],    "//": "Image padding (default)",
   "hosted": {
     "by": "",                      "//": "Web instance host (displayed in footer)",
     "link": "",                    "//": "Web instance host link (displayed in footer)"
diff --git a/source/plugins/core/README.md b/source/plugins/core/README.md
index d74b7326..4a8231d1 100644
--- a/source/plugins/core/README.md
+++ b/source/plugins/core/README.md
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ The allowed format is `(absolute padding) + (relative padding)%` (each operand i
 - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
   with:
     # ... other options
-    config_padding: 16, 16 + 5% # 16px width padding, 16px + 5% height padding
+    config_padding: 16, 16 + 9% # 16px width padding, 16px + 9% height padding
 ```
 
 ### 🧶 Using commits, pull requests, manual reviews or gists to handle metrics output
diff --git a/source/plugins/core/metadata.yml b/source/plugins/core/metadata.yml
index 20d9045d..9f310e08 100644
--- a/source/plugins/core/metadata.yml
+++ b/source/plugins/core/metadata.yml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ inputs:
     description: Image padding
     type: array
     format: comma-separated
-    default: 16, 16 + 5%
+    default: 16, 16 + 9%
 
   # Metrics output format
   config_output: