diff --git a/web/app/servers/[id]/console/page.tsx b/web/app/servers/[id]/console/page.tsx
index bc8d168..05cfa75 100644
--- a/web/app/servers/[id]/console/page.tsx
+++ b/web/app/servers/[id]/console/page.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default function ServerConsolePage() {
     const serverId = params.id as string;
 
     const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-    const connectionRef = useRef<{ disconnect: () => void } | null>(null);
+    const connectionRef = useRef<{ disconnect: () => void; setScale: (scale: number) => void } | null>(null);
 
     const [protocol, setProtocol] = useState<string>(searchParams.get("protocol") || "");
     const [keyId, setKeyId] = useState<string>("");
@@ -103,14 +103,20 @@ export default function ServerConsolePage() {
         const wsProto = location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss" : "ws";
         const wsUrl = `${wsProto}://${location.host}${pending.wsPath}`;
         const rect = containerRef.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-        const dpi = Math.round(96 * (window.devicePixelRatio || 1));
+        const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+        // Request the remote at device-pixel resolution with a fixed 96 dpi, then
+        // scale the display back down by dpr. Folding dpr into `dpi` instead makes
+        // the remote enlarge everything, which reads as a zoomed-in view.
         const connectData =
             `token=${encodeURIComponent(pending.token)}` +
-            `&width=${Math.floor(rect.width)}` +
-            `&height=${Math.floor(rect.height)}` +
-            `&dpi=${dpi}`;
+            `&width=${Math.floor(rect.width * dpr)}` +
+            `&height=${Math.floor(rect.height * dpr)}` +
+            `&dpi=96`;
 
         connectionRef.current = openConsole(containerRef.current, wsUrl, connectData);
+        if (dpr !== 1) {
+            connectionRef.current.setScale(1 / dpr);
+        }
         setPending(null);
     }, [connected, pending]);
 
diff --git a/web/lib/guacConsole.ts b/web/lib/guacConsole.ts
index b01b69d..e5c1104 100644
--- a/web/lib/guacConsole.ts
+++ b/web/lib/guacConsole.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 // The library attaches a global `Guacamole` object when loaded.
 declare const Guacamole: any;
 
-export function openConsole(container: HTMLElement, wsUrl: string, connectData = ""): { disconnect: () => void } {
+export function openConsole(
+  container: HTMLElement,
+  wsUrl: string,
+  connectData = ""
+): { disconnect: () => void; setScale: (scale: number) => void } {
   // Guacamole's WebSocketTunnel builds the socket URL as `wsUrl + "?" + data`,
   // so wsUrl must NOT already contain a query string — pass params via connectData.
   const tunnel = new Guacamole.WebSocketTunnel(wsUrl);
@@ -25,5 +29,8 @@ export function openConsole(container: HTMLElement, wsUrl: string, connectData =
     disconnect() {
       client.disconnect();
     },
+    setScale(scale: number) {
+      client.getDisplay().scale(scale);
+    },
   };
 }