diff --git a/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js b/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js
index 7c8170fff..71e0c9738 100644
--- a/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js
+++ b/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.js
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ class SnippetNoteDetail extends React.Component {
           <div styleName='description'>
             <textarea
               style={{
-                fontFamily: config.preview.fontFamily,
                 fontSize: parseInt(config.preview.fontSize, 10)
               }}
               ref='description'
diff --git a/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.styl b/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.styl
index 148a3d851..8091eaf74 100644
--- a/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.styl
+++ b/browser/main/Detail/SnippetNoteDetail.styl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   height 80px
 
 .body .description textarea
+  font-family 'Lato', helvetica, arial, sans-serif
   outline none
   display block
   height 100%