diff --git a/src/font/VictorMono-Regular.ttf b/src/font/VictorMono-Regular.ttf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82f50329bbe950de5c34a65157c04ac71c04f8dd
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/font/VictorMono-Regular.ttf differ
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5ea2f779bff4f67f0d3c2ed76324bf8dee948563..4b8fd5147be51549a1b670e83172664ac7300c2d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -416,9 +416,10 @@ pub struct CosmicFontConfig {
 
 impl Default for CosmicFontConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
+        let fallback_font = include_bytes!("./font/VictorMono-Regular.ttf");
         Self {
             load_system_fonts: true,
-            font_bytes: None,
+            font_bytes: Some(vec![fallback_font]),
             fonts_dir_path: None,
         }
     }