diff --git a/src/bin/options_themepv.c b/src/bin/options_themepv.c
index 020f9cd0..4475b45a 100644
--- a/src/bin/options_themepv.c
+++ b/src/bin/options_themepv.c
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ options_theme_preview_add(Evas_Object *parent,
    // create a texgrid and swallow pack into grid
    o = evas_object_textgrid_add(evas);
    colors_term_init(o, cs ? cs: config->color_scheme);
-   evas_object_scale_set(o, elm_config_scale_get());
    if (config->font.bitmap)
      {
         char buf[PATH_MAX];
@@ -304,6 +303,7 @@ options_theme_preview_add(Evas_Object *parent,
      }
    else
      evas_object_textgrid_font_set(o, config->font.name, config->font.size);
+   evas_object_scale_set(o, elm_config_scale_get());
    evas_object_textgrid_size_set(o, COLOR_MODE_PREVIEW_WIDTH,
                                  COLOR_MODE_PREVIEW_HEIGHT);
 
diff --git a/src/bin/termio.c b/src/bin/termio.c
index c1f75bb6..388c6bbc 100644
--- a/src/bin/termio.c
+++ b/src/bin/termio.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ termio_config_update(Evas_Object *obj)
 
    colors_term_init(sd->grid.obj, sd->config->color_scheme);
 
-   evas_object_scale_set(sd->grid.obj, elm_config_scale_get());
    evas_object_textgrid_font_set(sd->grid.obj, sd->font.name, sd->font.size);
    evas_object_textgrid_cell_size_get(sd->grid.obj, &w, &h);
+   evas_object_scale_set(sd->grid.obj, elm_config_scale_get());
 
    if (w < 1) w = 1;
    if (h < 1) h = 1;
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ termio_config_set(Evas_Object *obj, Config *config)
      sd->font.name = eina_stringshare_add(config->font.name);
    sd->font.size = config->font.size;
 
-   evas_object_scale_set(sd->grid.obj, elm_config_scale_get());
    evas_object_textgrid_font_set(sd->grid.obj, sd->font.name, sd->font.size);
    evas_object_textgrid_size_get(sd->grid.obj, &w, &h);
+   evas_object_scale_set(sd->grid.obj, elm_config_scale_get());
    if (w < 1) w = 1;
    if (h < 1) h = 1;
    evas_object_textgrid_size_set(sd->grid.obj, w, h);