diff --git a/lib/img-defaults b/lib/img-defaults
index dbd0c1fa2..a3a0d7393 100644
--- a/lib/img-defaults
+++ b/lib/img-defaults
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FS_TYPE=${FS_TYPE:-ext4}
 # Used to set the file extension only at this stage.
 IMAGE_TYPE=${IMAGE_TYPE:-qcow2}
 IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME:-image}
-export IMAGE_SIZE=${IMAGE_SIZE:-1} # N.B. This size is in GB
+export IMAGE_SIZE=${IMAGE_SIZE:-2} # N.B. This size is in GB
 # Set via the CLI normally. 
 # IMAGE_FLAVOUR=
 IMG_PATH=~/.cache/image-create