diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/config.ts b/frontend/src/ts/config.ts
index ee4584c9a..0b1ca296b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/config.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/config.ts
@@ -1611,6 +1611,9 @@ export function setFontSize(fontSize: number, nosave?: boolean): boolean {
   saveToLocalStorage("fontSize", nosave);
   ConfigEvent.dispatch("fontSize", config.fontSize);
 
+  // trigger a resize event to update the layout - handled in ui.ts:108
+  $(window).trigger("resize");
+
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/ui.ts b/frontend/src/ts/ui.ts
index ee80b7e1c..f798a5e5b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/ui.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/ui.ts
@@ -84,12 +84,17 @@ window.addEventListener("beforeunload", (event) => {
 
 const debouncedEvent = debounce(250, async () => {
   Caret.updatePosition();
-  if (
-    Config.tapeMode !== "off" &&
-    getActivePage() === "test" &&
-    !TestUI.resultVisible
-  ) {
-    TestUI.scrollTape();
+  if (getActivePage() === "test" && !TestUI.resultVisible) {
+    if (Config.tapeMode !== "off") {
+      TestUI.scrollTape();
+    } else {
+      const currentTop: number = Math.floor(
+        document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("#words .word")[
+          TestUI.currentWordElementIndex - 1
+        ].offsetTop
+      );
+      TestUI.lineJump(currentTop);
+    }
   }
   setTimeout(() => {
     Caret.show();