diff --git a/examples/basic/box.c b/examples/basic/box.c
index adbba79..1b37168 100644
--- a/examples/basic/box.c
+++ b/examples/basic/box.c
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ int main() {
 
 	box = MwVaCreateWidget(MwBoxClass, "box", window, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 			       MwNpadding, 10,
-			       MwNspacing, 10,
+			       MwNmargin, 10,
 			       NULL);
 
 	box2 = MwVaCreateWidget(MwBoxClass, "box2", box, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-				MwNspacing, 10,
+				MwNmargin, 10,
 				MwNorientation, MwVERTICAL,
 				NULL);
 
 	box3 = MwVaCreateWidget(MwBoxClass, "box3", box, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-				MwNspacing, 10,
+				MwNmargin, 10,
 				MwNorientation, MwVERTICAL,
 				NULL);
 
 	box4 = MwVaCreateWidget(MwBoxClass, "box4", box, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-				MwNspacing, 10,
+				MwNmargin, 10,
 				MwNorientation, MwVERTICAL,
 				MwNfixedSize, 40,
 				NULL);
diff --git a/include/Mw/StringDefs.h b/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
index d4e96a7..0711373 100644
--- a/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
+++ b/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define MwNfillArea "IfillArea"
 #define MwNratio "Iratio"
 #define MwNfixedSize "IfixedSize"
-#define MwNspacing "Ispacing"
+#define MwNmargin "Imargin"
 
 #define MwNtitle "Stitle"
 #define MwNtext "Stext"
diff --git a/milsko.xml b/milsko.xml
index 6b92938..f7f5bae 100644
--- a/milsko.xml
+++ b/milsko.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 		<integer name="borderWidth" />
 		<integer name="ratio" />
 		<integer name="fixedSize" />
-		<integer name="spacing" />
+		<integer name="margin" />
 
 		<string name="title" />
 		<string name="text" />
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 		<widget name="Box">
 			<properties>
 				<property name="orientation" />
-				<property name="spacing" />
+				<property name="margin" />
 				<property name="padding" />
 			</properties>
 		</widget>
diff --git a/src/widget/box.c b/src/widget/box.c
index 4526d7e..2c47137 100644
--- a/src/widget/box.c
+++ b/src/widget/box.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ static int create(MwWidget handle) {
 	MwSetDefault(handle);
 
 	MwSetInteger(handle, MwNorientation, MwHORIZONTAL);
-	MwSetInteger(handle, MwNspacing, 0);
+	MwSetInteger(handle, MwNmargin, 0);
 	MwSetInteger(handle, MwNpadding, 0);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void layout(MwWidget handle) {
 		if(n == MwDEFAULT) n = 1;
 
 		if(s != MwDEFAULT) {
-			sz -= s + ((i != (arrlen(handle->children) - 1)) ? MwGetInteger(handle, MwNspacing) : 0);
+			sz -= s + ((i != (arrlen(handle->children) - 1)) ? MwGetInteger(handle, MwNmargin) : 0);
 		} else {
 			sum += n;
 		}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static void layout(MwWidget handle) {
 		} else {
 			wsz = sz * n / sum;
 		}
-		wsz -= ((i != (arrlen(handle->children) - 1)) ? MwGetInteger(handle, MwNspacing) : 0);
+		wsz -= ((i != (arrlen(handle->children) - 1)) ? MwGetInteger(handle, MwNmargin) : 0);
 
 		MwVaApply(handle->children[i],
 			  horiz ? MwNx : MwNy, sk,				 /* this is what gets changed */
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void layout(MwWidget handle) {
 			  horiz ? MwNwidth : MwNheight, wsz,			 /* this is what gets changed */
 			  horiz ? MwNheight : MwNwidth, fsz,			 /* fixed between widgets */
 			  NULL);
-		sk += wsz + ((i != (arrlen(handle->children) - 1)) ? MwGetInteger(handle, MwNspacing) : 0);
+		sk += wsz + ((i != (arrlen(handle->children) - 1)) ? MwGetInteger(handle, MwNmargin) : 0);
 	}
 }