diff --git a/src/s_main.c b/src/s_main.c
index b84ebb317eac79a648aa12c9180010fb8fc9a0cc..9e57b1e3ee84dac17f0b368d481dbf34b4e6c30a 100644
--- a/src/s_main.c
+++ b/src/s_main.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int sys_midioutdevlist[MAXMIDIOUTDEV] = {1};
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 char sys_font[] = "Monaco"; /* tb: font name */
 #else
-char sys_font[] = "Ubuntu Mono"; /* tb: font name */
+char sys_font[] = "DejaVu Sans Mono"; /* tb: font name */
 #endif
 char sys_fontweight[] = "normal"; /* currently only used for iemguis */
 static int sys_main_srate;