diff --git a/fasttyper/__main__.py b/fasttyper/__main__.py
index b46aa41..d1652cc 100644
--- a/fasttyper/__main__.py
+++ b/fasttyper/__main__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from .components import (
     ReferenceText,
     StatsComponent,
     TextBox,
+    TopMargin,
 )
 from .listener import Listener
 from .buffer import UserBuffer, Buffer
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def initialize(configmap, rbuffer):
     reference_buffer = Buffer(rbuffer)
     user_buffer = UserBuffer()
 
+    top_margin = TopMargin(config)
     cursor_component = CursorComponent(config)
     text_box = TextBox(config, cursor_component)
     user_input = UserInput(config, text_box)
@@ -35,7 +37,14 @@ def initialize(configmap, rbuffer):
 
     interface = Interface(
         application,
-        [user_input, reference_text, text_box, stats_component, cursor_component],
+        [
+            top_margin,
+            user_input,
+            reference_text,
+            text_box,
+            stats_component,
+            cursor_component,
+        ],
     )
     wrapper(interface)
 
diff --git a/fasttyper/components.py b/fasttyper/components.py
index 3759156..2d809f4 100644
--- a/fasttyper/components.py
+++ b/fasttyper/components.py
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ class StatsComponent(TextComponent):
             self.paint_text(screen, text, self.color)
 
 
+class TopMargin(Base):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.height = config.get("top_margin_percentage") / 100
+
+    def paint(self, screen, application):
+        maxy, _ = screen.getmaxyx()
+        lines = int(self.height * maxy)
+        for line in range(lines):
+            screen.addstr("\n")
+
+
 class TextBox(TextComponent):
     """
     Wraps lines of text elements writing to it nicely
diff --git a/fasttyper/config.py b/fasttyper/config.py
index 50b840a..a375730 100644
--- a/fasttyper/config.py
+++ b/fasttyper/config.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Config:
             "accuracy: {stats.accuracy:0.2f}%"
         ),
         "summary_datafile": "~/.cache/fasttyper/datafile.csv",
+        "top_margin_percentage": 30,
     }
 
     def __init__(self, configmap):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bdaa886..c85bb8f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.1.0
+current_version = 1.3.3
 
 [wheel]
 universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eff7dd2..1271e0b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name="fasttyper",
-    version="1.3.2",
+    version="1.3.3",
     author="Piotr Domanski",
     author_email="pi.domanski@gmail.com",
     description="Minimalistic typing exercise",