diff --git a/assets/js/src/form_editor/components/form_settings/styles_settings_panel.jsx b/assets/js/src/form_editor/components/form_settings/styles_settings_panel.jsx
index e77f5c6a71..28dcc5ad8a 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/form_editor/components/form_settings/styles_settings_panel.jsx
+++ b/assets/js/src/form_editor/components/form_settings/styles_settings_panel.jsx
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ const BasicSettingsPanel = ({ onToggle, isOpened }) => {
           />
           <RangeControl
             label={MailPoet.I18n.t('formSettingsFormPadding')}
-            value={settings.formPadding !== undefined ? settings.formPadding : 10}
+            value={settings.formPadding !== undefined ? settings.formPadding : 20}
             min={0}
             max={40}
             allowReset
             onChange={(value) => {
-              updateStyles('formPadding', value !== undefined ? value : 10);
+              updateStyles('formPadding', value !== undefined ? value : 20);
             }}
           />
         </div>
diff --git a/assets/js/src/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.jsx b/assets/js/src/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.jsx
index c6608806a3..a424c799f3 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.jsx
+++ b/assets/js/src/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default function mapFormDataAfterLoading(data) {
       slideInFormPosition: data.settings.slide_in_form_position,
       borderRadius: asNum(data.settings.border_radius),
       borderSize: asNum(data.settings.border_size),
-      formPadding: data.settings.form_padding ? asNum(data.settings.form_padding) : 10,
+      formPadding: data.settings.form_padding ? asNum(data.settings.form_padding) : 20,
       inputPadding: data.settings.input_padding ? asNum(data.settings.input_padding) : 5,
       borderColor: data.settings.border_color,
       backgroundImageUrl: data.settings.background_image_url,
diff --git a/lib/Form/Util/Styles.php b/lib/Form/Util/Styles.php
index 3c7421668b..2a43eeff5e 100644
--- a/lib/Form/Util/Styles.php
+++ b/lib/Form/Util/Styles.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ class Styles {
   private $defaultStyles = <<<EOL
 /* form */
 .mailpoet_form {
-  padding: 20px;
 }
 
 /* columns */
diff --git a/tests/javascript/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.spec.js b/tests/javascript/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.spec.js
index 3c33697afa..1dce40ea61 100644
--- a/tests/javascript/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.spec.js
+++ b/tests/javascript/form_editor/store/map_form_data_after_loading.spec.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Form Data Load Mapper', () => {
     });
 
     it('Sets default paddings', () => {
-      expect(map(data).settings).to.have.property('formPadding', 10);
+      expect(map(data).settings).to.have.property('formPadding', 20);
       expect(map(data).settings).to.have.property('inputPadding', 5);
     });