diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index 2a13d35eb..e42e239a0 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import timely from 'timely';
 
 import { clickBackground } from '../actions/app-actions';
 import { EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR } from '../constants/naming';
-import { DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH, MAX_NODE_SIZE } from '../constants/styles';
+import { MIN_NODE_SIZE, DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH, MAX_NODE_SIZE } from '../constants/styles';
 import Logo from '../components/logo';
 import { doLayout } from './nodes-layout';
 import NodesChartElements from './nodes-chart-elements';
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
     const expanse = Math.min(height, width);
     const nodeSize = expanse / 3; // single node should fill a third of the screen
     const maxNodeSize = Math.min(MAX_NODE_SIZE, expanse / 10);
-    const normalizedNodeSize = Math.min(nodeSize / Math.sqrt(nodes.size), maxNodeSize);
+    const normalizedNodeSize = Math.max(MIN_NODE_SIZE,
+      Math.min(nodeSize / Math.sqrt(nodes.size), maxNodeSize));
     return this.state.nodeScale.copy().range([0, normalizedNodeSize]);
   }
 
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js b/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
index 290cc0043..a5d4d5e99 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const CANVAS_MARGINS = {
 // The base size the shapes were defined at matches nicely w/ a 14px font.
 //
 export const BASE_NODE_SIZE = 64;
+export const MIN_NODE_SIZE = 24;
 export const MAX_NODE_SIZE = 96;
 export const BASE_NODE_LABEL_SIZE = 14;
-export const MIN_NODE_LABEL_SIZE = BASE_NODE_LABEL_SIZE;
+export const MIN_NODE_LABEL_SIZE = 12;
diff --git a/client/app/styles/main.less b/client/app/styles/main.less
index c03e953b7..e2da1eed5 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/main.less
+++ b/client/app/styles/main.less
@@ -398,16 +398,18 @@ h2 {
       font-size: 0.85em;
     }
 
-    &.hovered {
-      .node-label, .node-sublabel {
-        span:not(.match) {
-          background-color: fade(@background-average-color, 70%);
-        }
+    .node-label, .node-sublabel {
+      span {
+        padding: 0 0.25em;
+        border-radius: 2px;
       }
-      .matched-results {
+      span:not(.match) {
         background-color: fade(@background-average-color, 70%);
       }
     }
+    .matched-results {
+      background-color: fade(@background-average-color, 70%);
+    }
 
     &.pseudo {
       cursor: default;