diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
index 3ed37dc83..afc1555f3 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Node extends React.Component {
     const color = getNodeColor(rank, label, pseudo);
     const truncate = !focused && !hovered;
     const labelTransform = focused ? `scale(${1 / zoomScale})` : '';
-    const labelWidth = nodeScale(scaleFactor * 4);
+    const labelWidth = nodeScale(scaleFactor * 3);
     const labelOffsetX = -labelWidth / 2;
     const labelDy = (showingNetworks && networks) ? 0.75 : 0.60;
     const labelOffsetY = focused ? nodeScale(labelDy) : nodeScale(labelDy * scaleFactor);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-layout.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-layout.js
index 3da6dcb66..116e35f4d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-layout.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-layout.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const DEFAULT_WIDTH = 800;
 const DEFAULT_MARGINS = {top: 0, left: 0};
 const DEFAULT_SCALE = val => val * 2;
 const NODE_SIZE_FACTOR = 1;
-const NODE_SEPARATION_FACTOR = 3.0;
+const NODE_SEPARATION_FACTOR = 2.0;
 const RANK_SEPARATION_FACTOR = 3.0;
 let layoutRuns = 0;
 let layoutRunsTrivial = 0;