diff --git a/src/HsH-article.cls b/src/HsH-article.cls
index cce302e4e199f22c039452db0e856e9b75fe49f1..e8a032071167c4f4f91439d3f999b97e4a2860e3 100644
--- a/src/HsH-article.cls
+++ b/src/HsH-article.cls
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 \PassOptionsToPackage{backend=biber,style=alphabetic,sorting=nyt}{biblatex}
 \PassOptionsToPackage{free-standing-units,abbreviations}{siunitx}
-\PassOptionsToPackage{european,EFvoltages,straightvoltages}{circuitikz}
+\PassOptionsToPackage{european,EFvoltages,straightvoltages,betterproportions}{circuitikz}
 
 % used packages:
 \RequirePackage{inputenc} % inputencoding, utf8 recomendet
diff --git a/src/HsH-report.cls b/src/HsH-report.cls
index 16cc82a7d3db8588820fcde73d8ec963b9b562ee..fec576f1f5cdc925cca48791b85acfd1bc9077ea 100644
--- a/src/HsH-report.cls
+++ b/src/HsH-report.cls
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 \PassOptionsToPackage{backend=biber,style=alphabetic,sorting=nyt}{biblatex}
 \PassOptionsToPackage{free-standing-units,abbreviations}{siunitx}
-\PassOptionsToPackage{european,EFvoltages,straightvoltages}{circuitikz}
+\PassOptionsToPackage{european,EFvoltages,straightvoltages,betterproportions}{circuitikz}
 
 % used packages:
 \RequirePackage{inputenc} % inputencoding, utf8 recomendet
diff --git a/src/HsH-standalone.cls b/src/HsH-standalone.cls
index 7cd02ba8c01001115fb2782932eb536521699a39..ac9ba8729f1c88723da771522e030f037510faa8 100644
--- a/src/HsH-standalone.cls
+++ b/src/HsH-standalone.cls
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 \ExecuteOptions{fontsize=11pt,a4paper,ngerman,sans} % standart options
 \ProcessOptions\relax
 
-\LoadClass[multi=tikzpicture,multi=circuitikz]{standalone}
+\LoadClass[margin=0.25cm,multi=tikzpicture,multi=circuitikz]{standalone}
 
 
 \newcommand*{\@titlehead}{}%
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 \PassOptionsToPackage{T1}{fontenc}
 \PassOptionsToPackage{babel, german=quotes}{csquotes}
 \PassOptionsToPackage{free-standing-units}{siunitx}
-\PassOptionsToPackage{european,EFvoltages,straightvoltages}{circuitikz}
+\PassOptionsToPackage{european,EFvoltages,straightvoltages,betterproportions}{circuitikz}
 
 % used packages:
 \RequirePackage{inputenc} % inputencoding, utf8 recomendet
diff --git a/src/config.tex b/src/config.tex
index bc5de7e796bc601bb4eb0d48842db0f9c209317c..ae172acf4d4b7c603fb880c4e7718693d35e8049 100644
--- a/src/config.tex
+++ b/src/config.tex
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@
 \@ifpackageloaded{circuitikz}{
 	\ctikzset{
 		font=\footnotesize,
-		default/scale=0.5,
-		resistors/scale=0.7,
-		capacitors/scale=0.5,
-		inductor=american,
-		inductors/scale=0.7,
-		diodes/scale=0.5,
-		transistors/scale=0.75,
 		bipole annotation style/.style={font=\tiny ,inner sep=1pt},
 	}
 }{}%