diff --git a/src/options.cpp b/src/options.cpp
index caa559c80..582090c44 100644
--- a/src/options.cpp
+++ b/src/options.cpp
@@ -92,17 +92,17 @@ void Options::setTheme(QString value)
   config.setValue("theme", value);
 }
 
-int Options::themeScalingFactor() const
+float Options::themeScalingFactor() const
 {
-  int value = config.value("theme_scaling_factor", "1").toInt();
-  if (value <= 0)
+  float value = config.value("theme_scaling_factor", "1").toFloat();
+  if (value < 0.2)
   {
     value = 1;
   }
   return value;
 }
 
-void Options::setThemeScalingFactor(int value)
+void Options::setThemeScalingFactor(float value)
 {
   config.setValue("theme_scaling_factor", value);
 }
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 58b02253b..16530241a 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class Options
   QString theme() const;
   void setTheme(QString value);
 
-  int themeScalingFactor() const;
-  void setThemeScalingFactor(int value);
+  float themeScalingFactor() const;
+  void setThemeScalingFactor(float value);
 
   // Returns the blip rate from config.ini (once per X symbols)
   int blipRate() const;
diff --git a/src/widgets/aooptionsdialog.cpp b/src/widgets/aooptionsdialog.cpp
index 67f9c1cab..b92eef260 100644
--- a/src/widgets/aooptionsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/aooptionsdialog.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void AOOptionsDialog::setupUI()
   FROM_UI(QCheckBox, restoreposition_cb);
   FROM_UI(QLineEdit, playerlist_format_edit);
 
-  registerOption<QSpinBox, int>("theme_scaling_factor_sb", &Options::themeScalingFactor, &Options::setThemeScalingFactor);
+  registerOption<QSpinBox, float>("theme_scaling_factor_sb", &Options::themeScalingFactor, &Options::setThemeScalingFactor);
   registerOption<QCheckBox, bool>("animated_theme_cb", &Options::animatedThemeEnabled, &Options::setAnimatedThemeEnabled);
   registerOption<QSpinBox, int>("stay_time_spinbox", &Options::textStayTime, &Options::setTextStayTime);
   registerOption<QCheckBox, bool>("instant_objection_cb", &Options::objectionSkipQueueEnabled, &Options::setObjectionSkipQueueEnabled);