diff --git a/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index a4638d0f9..6932d0ef0 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow()
 {
   ui->setupUi(this);
 
+  // setup the log font
+  ui->textLog->setFont(QFontDatabase::systemFont(QFontDatabase::FixedFont));
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+  auto f = ui->textLog->font();
+  f.setPixelSize(12);
+  ui->textLog->setFont(f);
+#endif
+
   // Setup Actions
   m_actionAbout->setText(tr("About %1...").arg(kAppName));
   m_actionAbout->setMenuRole(QAction::AboutRole);
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.ui b/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.ui
index ad52c35fe..3a3ad8ad4 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.ui
@@ -424,12 +424,6 @@
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
          </property>
-         <property name="font">
-          <font>
-           <family>Courier</family>
-           <kerning>true</kerning>
-          </font>
-         </property>
          <property name="lineWrapMode">
           <enum>QPlainTextEdit::LineWrapMode::NoWrap</enum>
          </property>