diff --git a/ionic/components/content/content.scss b/ionic/components/content/content.scss
index 1375dbbb73..35c1f0278a 100644
--- a/ionic/components/content/content.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/content/content.scss
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ scroll-content {
 // Content Padding
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
-$content-padding:    10px !default;
+$content-padding:    16px !default;
 
 
 .padding,