diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/App.vue b/apps/desktop/src/App.vue
index c4b74efe55..36be5ac482 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/App.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/App.vue
@@ -1175,16 +1175,23 @@ function setGlobalUiScale(scale: number) {
   settingsStore.updateEditorSettings({ uiScale: scale });
 }
 
+function showUiScaleToast() {
+  toast(`${Math.round(settingsStore.editorSettings.uiScale * 100)}%`, 1500);
+}
+
 function zoomInUi() {
   setGlobalUiScale(settingsStore.editorSettings.uiScale + 0.1);
+  showUiScaleToast();
 }
 
 function zoomOutUi() {
   setGlobalUiScale(settingsStore.editorSettings.uiScale - 0.1);
+  showUiScaleToast();
 }
 
 function resetUiZoom() {
   setGlobalUiScale(1);
+  showUiScaleToast();
 }
 
 function applyUiFontFamily(fontFamily: string) {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/stores/settingsStore.ts b/apps/desktop/src/stores/settingsStore.ts
index a4e697e7eb..ce263fdba7 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/stores/settingsStore.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/stores/settingsStore.ts
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ export const STORAGE_KEY = "dbx-editor-settings";
 const OLD_FONT_SIZE_KEY = "dbx-query-editor-font-size";
 const EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT_MIGRATION_KEY = "dbx-export-batch-size-default-migrated-v1";
 const LEGACY_DEFAULT_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE = 10000;
-const MIN_UI_SCALE = 0.75;
+const MIN_UI_SCALE = 0.7;
 const MAX_UI_SCALE = 2;
 
 export function normalizeGlobalQueryTimeoutSecs(value: unknown): number {
diff --git a/packages/app-tests/settingsStore.test.ts b/packages/app-tests/settingsStore.test.ts
index bba7aaf33d..1f8075b9c7 100644
--- a/packages/app-tests/settingsStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-tests/settingsStore.test.ts
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ test("normalizeEditorSettings falls back to the default UI scale", () => {
 });
 
 test("normalizeEditorSettings clamps UI scale into the supported range", () => {
-  assert.equal(normalizeEditorSettings({ uiScale: 0.2 }).uiScale, 0.75);
+  assert.equal(normalizeEditorSettings({ uiScale: 0.2 }).uiScale, 0.7);
   assert.equal(normalizeEditorSettings({ uiScale: 2.8 }).uiScale, 2);
 });