diff -Naur a/i3bar/src/xcb.c b/i3bar/src/xcb.c
--- a/i3bar/src/xcb.c	2016-11-08 13:54:01.000000000 -0500
+++ b/i3bar/src/xcb.c	2016-11-24 23:28:07.384711497 -0500
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@
 struct xcb_colors_t colors;
 
 /* Horizontal offset between a workspace label and button borders */
-static const int ws_hoff_px = 4;
+static const int ws_hoff_px = 2;
 
 /* Vertical offset between a workspace label and button borders */
-static const int ws_voff_px = 3;
+static const int ws_voff_px = 2;
 
 /* Offset between two workspace buttons */
 static const int ws_spacing_px = 1;