diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/renderer/text/VanillaTextRenderer.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/renderer/text/VanillaTextRenderer.java
index 16191e09151..299dd91704e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/renderer/text/VanillaTextRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/renderer/text/VanillaTextRenderer.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class VanillaTextRenderer implements TextRenderer {
     public static final VanillaTextRenderer INSTANCE = new VanillaTextRenderer();
 
     public double scale = 2;
+    //todo remove in 26.3 update
     public boolean scaleIndividually;
 
     private GuiGraphicsExtractor graphics;
diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/hud/HudRenderer.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/hud/HudRenderer.java
index b420aa91ce1..2d3ed24232b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/hud/HudRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/hud/HudRenderer.java
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ public double text(String text, double x, double y, Color color, boolean shadow,
         if (scale == -1) scale = hud.getTextScale();
 
         if (!hud.hasCustomFont()) {
+            VanillaTextRenderer.INSTANCE.scale = scale * 2;
             return VanillaTextRenderer.INSTANCE.render(text, x, y, color, shadow);
         }