diff --git a/users/simon/modules/mpv.nix b/users/simon/modules/mpv.nix
index 2fec46a..fb227e5 100644
--- a/users/simon/modules/mpv.nix
+++ b/users/simon/modules/mpv.nix
@@ -52,12 +52,16 @@ in
       # Main application font
       osd-font = "DINW07-Medium"; # not included in repository (unfree)
 
-      # Subtitles
-      sub-font = "Gandhi Sans"; # see osd-font
+      # Subtitles (adapted from https://github.com/LightArrowsEXE/dotfiles/blob/75973b6c8493368bbdee6e8e632964045fcf22ec/mpv/.config/mpv/mpv.conf#L76)
       sub-bold = true;
-      sub-font-size = 44;
+      sub-border-color = "#ff000000";
+      sub-border-size = 2.4;
+      sub-color = "#ffffff";
+      sub-font = "Gandhi Sans"; # see osd-font
+      sub-font-size = 50;
+      sub-shadow-color = "#a0000000";
+      sub-shadow-offset = 0.75;
       sub-use-margins = false;
-      sub-border-size = 2;
 
       # Nicer looking vobsub/PGS subtitles
       sub-gauss = 0.5;