diff --git a/src/geomview.c b/src/geomview.c
index 204f610..ceb9859 100644
--- a/src/geomview.c
+++ b/src/geomview.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ WGeometryView *WCreateGeometryView(WMScreen * scr)
 
 	WMCreateEventHandler(gview->view, WM_EVMASK_EXPOSURE, handleEvents, gview);
 
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%+05i,  %+05i", 0, 0);
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%+5i , %+5i    ", 0, 0);
 
 	gview->textSize.width = WMWidthOfString(gview->font, buffer, strlen(buffer));
 	gview->textSize.height = WMFontHeight(gview->font);