--- epdfview-0.1.8.old/src/IDocument.cxx
+++ epdfview-0.1.8/src/IDocument.cxx
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     m_Password = NULL;
     m_Producer = NULL;
     m_Rotation = 0;
-    m_Scale = 1.0f;
+    m_Scale = 1.44f;
     m_Subject = NULL;
     m_Title = NULL;
 }
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
 {
     m_CurrentPage = 1;
     m_Rotation = 0;
-    m_Scale = 1.0f;
+    m_Scale = 1.44f;
 
     JobLoad *job = new JobLoad ();
     job->setDocument (this);
--- epdfview-0.1.8.old/src/MainPter.cxx
+++ epdfview-0.1.8/src/MainPter.cxx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     else
     {
         view.setTitle (_("PDF Viewer"));
-        setZoomText (1.0);
+        setZoomText (1.44);
         view.sensitiveFind (FALSE);
         view.sensitiveGoToFirstPage (FALSE);
         view.sensitiveGoToLastPage (FALSE);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 MainPter::setOpenState (const gchar *fileName, gboolean reload)
 {
     // Insensitive the open, reload, page navigation, zoom and rotate.
-    setZoomText (1.0);
+    setZoomText (1.44);
     IMainView &view = getView ();
     view.sensitiveFind (FALSE);
     view.sensitiveGoToFirstPage (FALSE);