diff --git a/src/debug/HyprDebugOverlay.cpp b/src/debug/HyprDebugOverlay.cpp
index c9fde1ad..6b2ed914 100644
--- a/src/debug/HyprDebugOverlay.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/HyprDebugOverlay.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int CHyprMonitorDebugOverlay::draw(int offset) {
     const float FPS      = 1.f / (avgFrametime / 1000.f); // frametimes are in ms
     const float idealFPS = m_dLastFrametimes.size();
 
-    cairo_select_font_face(g_pDebugOverlay->m_pCairo, "Noto Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
+    cairo_select_font_face(g_pDebugOverlay->m_pCairo, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
 
     cairo_set_font_size(g_pDebugOverlay->m_pCairo, 10);
     cairo_set_source_rgba(g_pDebugOverlay->m_pCairo, 1.f, 1.f, 1.f, 1.f);
diff --git a/src/hyprerror/HyprError.cpp b/src/hyprerror/HyprError.cpp
index aeb96d5c..40f01aa3 100644
--- a/src/hyprerror/HyprError.cpp
+++ b/src/hyprerror/HyprError.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void CHyprError::createQueued() {
     // draw the text with a common font
     const CColor textColor = m_cQueued.r + m_cQueued.g + m_cQueued.b < 0.2f ? CColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0) : CColor(0, 0, 0, 1.0);
 
-    cairo_select_font_face(CAIRO, "Noto Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
+    cairo_select_font_face(CAIRO, "Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
     cairo_set_font_size(CAIRO, FONTSIZE);
     cairo_set_source_rgba(CAIRO, textColor.r, textColor.g, textColor.b, textColor.a);