diff --git a/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml b/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
index 7596d6cc..d253602a 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
+++ b/pwnagotchi/defaults.toml
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ ui.faces.upload = "(1__0)"
 ui.faces.upload1 = "(1__1)"
 ui.faces.upload2 = "(0__1)"
 ui.faces.png = false
+ui.faces.scale = 1
 ui.faces.position_x = 0
 ui.faces.position_y = 34
 
diff --git a/pwnagotchi/ui/components.py b/pwnagotchi/ui/components.py
index 8537cddf..d60d02e8 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/ui/components.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/ui/components.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def draw(self, canvas, drawer):
 
 
 class Text(Widget):
-    def __init__(self, value="", position=(0, 0), font=None, color=0, wrap=False, max_length=0, png=False):
+    def __init__(self, value="", position=(0, 0), font=None, color=0, wrap=False, max_length=0, png=False, scale=1):
         super().__init__(position, color)
         self.value = value
         self.font = font
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def __init__(self, value="", position=(0, 0), font=None, color=0, wrap=False, ma
         self.max_length = max_length
         self.wrapper = TextWrapper(width=self.max_length, replace_whitespace=False) if wrap else None
         self.png = png
+        self.scale = scale
 
     def draw(self, canvas, drawer):
         if self.value is not None:
@@ -67,16 +68,30 @@ def draw(self, canvas, drawer):
                 self.pixels = self.image.load()
                 for y in range(self.image.size[1]):
                     for x in range(self.image.size[0]):
-                        if self.pixels[x,y][3] < 255:    # check alpha
-                            self.pixels[x,y] = (255, 255, 255, 255)
+                        if self.pixels[x, y][3] < 255:
+                            self.pixels[x, y] = (255, 255, 255, 255)
                 if self.color == 255:
-                    self._image = ImageOps.colorize(self.image.convert('L'), black = "white", white = "black")
+                    self._image = ImageOps.colorize(self.image.convert('L'), black="white", white="black")
                 else:
                     self._image = self.image
-                self.image = self._image.convert('1')
+                if self.scale != 1:
+                    width, height = self._image.size
+                    new_width = int(width * self.scale)
+                    new_height = int(height * self.scale)
+                    scaled_image = Image.new('RGBA', (new_width, new_height))
+                    original_pixels = self._image.load()
+                    scaled_pixels = scaled_image.load()
+                    for y in range(new_height):
+                        for x in range(new_width):
+                            original_x = x // self.scale
+                            original_y = y // self.scale
+                            scaled_pixels[x, y] = original_pixels[original_x, original_y]
+                    self.image = scaled_image
+                else:
+                    self.image = self._image
+                self.image = self.image.convert('1')
                 canvas.paste(self.image, self.xy)
 
-
 class LabeledValue(Widget):
     def __init__(self, label, value="", position=(0, 0), label_font=None, text_font=None, color=0, label_spacing=5):
         super().__init__(position, color)
diff --git a/pwnagotchi/ui/faces.py b/pwnagotchi/ui/faces.py
index a81966c5..053fffdb 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/ui/faces.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/ui/faces.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 UPLOAD = '(1__0)'
 UPLOAD1 = '(1__1)'
 UPLOAD2 = '(0__1)'
+SCALE = 1
 PNG = False
 POSITION_X = 0
 POSITION_Y = 40
diff --git a/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py b/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py
index 0c5ad5da..290ac026 100644
--- a/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py
+++ b/pwnagotchi/ui/view.py
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ def __init__(self, config, impl, state=None):
             'line2': Line(self._layout['line2'], color=BLACK),
 
             'face': Text(value=faces.SLEEP,
-                         position=(config['ui']['faces']['position_x'], config['ui']['faces']['position_y']),
-                         color=BLACK, font=fonts.Huge, png=config['ui']['faces']['png']),
+                        position=(config['ui']['faces']['position_x'], config['ui']['faces']['position_y']),
+                        color=BLACK, font=fonts.Huge,
+                        png=config['ui']['faces']['png'],
+                        scale = config['ui']['faces'].get('scale', 1)
+                        ),
 
             # 'friend_face': Text(value=None, position=self._layout['friend_face'], font=fonts.Bold, color=BLACK),
             'friend_name': Text(value=None, position=self._layout['friend_face'], font=fonts.BoldSmall, color=BLACK),