diff --git a/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurAppDelegate.m b/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurAppDelegate.m
index 6f839b080..7fecf5fa1 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurAppDelegate.m
+++ b/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurAppDelegate.m
@@ -438,12 +438,18 @@
     preferencesViewController.showDoneButton = YES;
     preferencesViewController.showCreditsFooter = NO;
     preferencesViewController.title = @"Preferences";
-    BOOL enabled = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"offline_allowed"];
-    preferencesViewController.hiddenKeys = enabled ? nil :
-    [NSSet setWithObjects:@"offline_image_download",
-     @"offline_download_connection",
-     @"offline_store_limit",
-     nil];
+    NSMutableSet *hiddenSet = [NSMutableSet set];
+    BOOL offline_enabled = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"offline_allowed"];
+    if (offline_enabled) {
+        [hiddenSet addObjectsFromArray:@[@"offline_image_download",
+                                         @"offline_download_connection",
+                                         @"offline_store_limit"]];
+    }
+    BOOL system_font_enabled = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"use_system_font_size"];
+    if (system_font_enabled) {
+        [hiddenSet addObjectsFromArray:@[@"feed_list_font_size"]];
+    }
+    preferencesViewController.hiddenKeys = hiddenSet;
     [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:@"Delete offline stories..."
                                               forKey:@"offline_cache_empty_stories"];
     
diff --git a/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m b/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m
index 267e5d135..93c585905 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m
+++ b/clients/ios/Classes/NewsBlurViewController.m
@@ -881,7 +881,12 @@ static UIFont *userLabelFont;
          [NSSet setWithObjects:@"instapaper_username",
           @"instapaper_password",
           nil] animated:YES];
-	}
+	} else if ([notification.object isEqual:@"use_system_font_size"]) {
+		BOOL enabled = (BOOL)[[notification.userInfo objectForKey:@"use_system_font_size"] intValue];
+		[appDelegate.preferencesViewController setHiddenKeys:!enabled ? nil :
+         [NSSet setWithObjects:@"feed_list_font_size",
+          nil] animated:YES];
+    }
 }
 
 - (void)settingsViewController:(IASKAppSettingsViewController*)sender buttonTappedForSpecifier:(IASKSpecifier*)specifier {
diff --git a/clients/ios/Resources/Settings.bundle/Root.plist b/clients/ios/Resources/Settings.bundle/Root.plist
index feca01c48..b55ddf308 100644
--- a/clients/ios/Resources/Settings.bundle/Root.plist
+++ b/clients/ios/Resources/Settings.bundle/Root.plist
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 			<key>Key</key>
 			<string>use_system_font_size</string>
 			<key>DefaultValue</key>
-			<true/>
+			<false/>
 		</dict>
 		<dict>
 			<key>Type</key>