diff --git a/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java b/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java
index 8ef632297b8324366a56591771593d3eb3f431fd..30eb0f47e9f24a37fa746a62c711fdd6ac66484a 100644
--- a/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java
+++ b/plasmid/source/java/ch/ethz/bsse/cisd/plasmid/plasmapper/PlasMapperUploader.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class PlasMapperUploader
         result.setProperty("mapTitle", "");
         result.setProperty("comment", "Created using PlasMapper");
         result.setProperty("imageFormat", "SVG");
-        result.setProperty("imageSize", "900 x 900");
+        result.setProperty("imageSize", "800 x 800");
         result.setProperty("backbone", "medium");
         result.setProperty("arc", "medium");
         // special: result of request == relative path to the SVG/GB file