diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerModules.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerModules.java
index 8550b22..c5075e7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerModules.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerModules.java
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ public class BibleViewerModules {
     @Provides
     @Named("MainAdapter")
     @Singleton
-    BookAdapter bookAdapter(@Named("MainBook") Book b, VerseLookup v) {
-        return new BookAdapter(b, v);
+    BookAdapter bookAdapter(@Named("MainBook") Book b, VerseLookup v,
+                            BibleViewerPreferences prefs) {
+        return new BookAdapter(b, v, prefs);
     }
 
     @Provides
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerPreferences.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerPreferences.java
index 6b081a6..f5fbd22 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerPreferences.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BibleViewerPreferences.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.bspeice.minimalbible.activity.viewer;
 
+import de.devland.esperandro.annotations.Default;
 import de.devland.esperandro.annotations.SharedPreferences;
 
 /**
@@ -10,4 +11,9 @@ public interface BibleViewerPreferences {
 
     String defaultBookName();
     void defaultBookName(String defaultBookName);
+
+    @Default(ofInt = 14)
+    int baseTextSize();
+
+    void baseTextSize(int baseTextSize);
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BookAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BookAdapter.kt
index 6057208..5caccef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BookAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/activity/viewer/BookAdapter.kt
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ import android.text.style.StyleSpan
 import android.graphics.Typeface
 import android.text.style.SuperscriptSpan
 import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan
+import android.util.TypedValue
 
 /**
  * Adapter used for displaying a book
  * Displays one chapter at a time,
  * as each TextView widget is it's own line break
  */
-class BookAdapter(val b: Book, val lookup: VerseLookup)
+class BookAdapter(val b: Book, val lookup: VerseLookup,
+                  val prefs: BibleViewerPreferences)
 : RecyclerView.Adapter<PassageView>() {
 
     val versification = b.getVersification()
@@ -76,6 +78,9 @@ class BookAdapter(val b: Book, val lookup: VerseLookup)
         val emptyView = LayoutInflater.from(parent?.getContext())
                 .inflate(R.layout.viewer_passage_view, parent, false) as TextView
 
+        // TODO: Prefs object for handling this?
+        emptyView.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_SP, 16f)
+
         val passage = PassageView(emptyView, b, lookup)
         return passage
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/viewer_passage_view.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/viewer_passage_view.xml
index 1c819f0..844bf77 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/viewer_passage_view.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/viewer_passage_view.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    android:orientation="vertical"
+    android:id="@+id/passage"
     android:layout_width="match_parent"
     android:layout_height="match_parent"
-    android:id="@+id/passage" />
+    android:orientation="vertical"
+    android:textColor="@color/content_text" />
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
index e780b4b..37bb5d8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     <color name="actionbar">#ffffff</color>
     <color name="navbar_highlight">#cc0000</color>
     <color name="navbar_unhighlighted">#000000</color>
+    <color name="content_text">#000000</color>
 </resources>