diff --git a/appearance.el b/appearance.el
index daa64fc..6458cee 100644
--- a/appearance.el
+++ b/appearance.el
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       mouse-wheel-progressive-speed nil ;; don't accelerate scrolling
       mouse-wheel-follow-mouse 't ;; scroll window under mouse
       scroll-step 1 ;; keyboard scroll one line at a time
-      scroll-margin 10)
+      scroll-margin 5)
 
 ;; Display whitespace characters globally
 (global-whitespace-mode t)