diff --git a/CHANGELOG.org b/CHANGELOG.org
index 032513c..385d261 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.org
+++ b/CHANGELOG.org
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ This project adheres to [[http://semver.org][Semantic Versioning]].
 
 ** CHANGED the color of normal ticked mails in gnus
 
+** CHANGED the padding around the mode-line
+
 ** REMOVED the 10th rainbow delimiters depth face
 
 * [[https://github.com/ryuslash/yoshi-theme/compare/v6.0.0...v6.1.0][6.1.0]] -- 2015-11-20
diff --git a/yoshi-theme.el b/yoshi-theme.el
index 9453460..a325f73 100644
--- a/yoshi-theme.el
+++ b/yoshi-theme.el
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
    `(link ((t (:foreground ,fgorange :underline t))))
    `(link-visited ((t (:foreground ,fgmagenta :underline t))))
    `(minibuffer-prompt ((t (:foreground ,fgblue))))
-   `(mode-line ((t (:background ,bgblue :foreground ,fgbright :box (:color ,bgblue :line-width 2 :style nil)))))
+   `(mode-line ((t (:background ,bgblue :foreground ,fgbright :box (:color ,bgblue :line-width 5 :style nil)))))
    `(mode-line-buffer-id ((t (:foreground ,fggreen :weight bold))))
-   `(mode-line-inactive ((t (:weight normal :background ,bgbright :foreground ,fgdefault :box (:color ,bgbright :line-width 2 :style nil) :inherit unspecified))))
+   `(mode-line-inactive ((t (:weight normal :background ,bgbright :foreground ,fgdefault :box (:color ,bgbright :line-width 5 :style nil) :inherit unspecified))))
    `(region ((t (:background ,bgblue))))
    `(shadow ((t (:foreground ,fgdim))))
    `(success ((t (:foreground ,fggreen :weight bold))))