diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 6f580f4..8745d54 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ static const unsigned int gappov         = 5;        /* vert outer gap between w
 static       int smartgaps               = 0;        /* 1 means no outer gap when there is only one window */
 static const int showbar                 = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar                  = 0;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
-static const int vertpad                 = 0;        /* vertical padding of bar */
+static const int user_bh                 = 50;       /* 0 means that dwm will calculate bar height, >= 1 means dwm will user_bh as bar height */
+static const int vertpad                 = 8;        /* vertical padding of bar */
 static const int sidepad                 = 5;        /* horizontal padding of bar */
 static const char *fonts[]               = { 
 	"JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font:size=20", 
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 7773882..f8e73ba 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ setup(void)
 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
-	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
+	bh = user_bh ? user_bh : drw->fonts->h + 2;
 	sp = sidepad;
 	vp = (topbar == 1) ? vertpad : - vertpad;
 	updategeom();