diff --git a/chord_settings.ly b/chord_settings.ly
index eceac8a..bcb2350 100644
--- a/chord_settings.ly
+++ b/chord_settings.ly
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ generalLayout = \layout {
     chordNoteNamer = #bassnote-name->german-markup-nosym
     majorSevenSymbol = "maj7"
     chordNameExceptions = \chordNameExceptions
-    % der baseline-skip der Akkorde beeinflusst, wie hoch die Hochstellung ist
-    \override ChordName.baseline-skip = #1.0
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/default_style.ly b/default_style.ly
index 1e21824..7e1ecfd 100644
--- a/default_style.ly
+++ b/default_style.ly
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ songChordFontSeries = #'bold
 songTextChordAlignment = #'left
 songScoreChordFontSize = 2
 songTextChordFontSize = \songScoreChordFontSize
+songTextChordDistance = 3
 songTextLineHeigth = 5.3
 songTocColumns = 3
 globalSize = 15
diff --git a/verses_with_chords.ly b/verses_with_chords.ly
index 32d102e..02215b8 100644
--- a/verses_with_chords.ly
+++ b/verses_with_chords.ly
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
                  (verse-reference-voice #{#})
                  (verse-break-voice #{#})
                  (verse-line-height songTextLineHeigth)
+                 (verse-text-chord-distance songTextChordDistance)
                  (intraverse-vspace 0)
                  (transposition (cons #f #f))
                  (verselayout generalLayout))
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@
             }
             \context {
               \Lyrics
-              \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.basic-distance = #(- (- songTextLineHeigth songTextChordFontSize) 1)
+              \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing.basic-distance = #verse-text-chord-distance
               \override LyricText.parent-alignment-X = #LEFT
               \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
               \override LyricText.word-space = 0.8