diff --git a/frontend/src/components/nodes/VariableNode.tsx b/frontend/src/components/nodes/VariableNode.tsx
index e904e4f..a9fc806 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/nodes/VariableNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/nodes/VariableNode.tsx
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ function coerceValue(raw: string, valueType: ValueType): string | number | boole
     }
 }
 
-function VariableNodeComponent({ id, data, selected }: Props) {
+function VariableNodeComponent({ id, data, width, height, selected }: Props) {
     const { updateData } = useAbstractNode<VariableNodeData>(id, data ?? {})
 
+    const dimensions =
+        width != null && height != null && width > 0 && height > 0
+            ? { width, height }
+            : undefined
+
     const valueType: ValueType = data?.valueType ?? 'string'
     const value = data?.value ?? DEFAULT_BY_TYPE[valueType]
     const displayValue = typeof value === 'string' ? value : String(value)
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ function VariableNodeComponent({ id, data, selected }: Props) {
     )
 
     return (
-        <BaseNode className="min-w-56 min-h-[180px]" selected={selected} handles={<OutputHandle id="out" />}>
+        <BaseNode className="min-w-56 min-h-[180px]" dimensions={dimensions} selected={selected} handles={<OutputHandle id="out" />}>
             <BaseNodeHeaderRow icon={<Variable className="size-4" />} title={<NodeHeaderTitle nodeId={id} displayTitle={id} />} />
 
             <BaseNodeContent>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/registerBuiltinNodes.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/registerBuiltinNodes.tsx
index ca460d1..549f420 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/registerBuiltinNodes.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/registerBuiltinNodes.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function registerBuiltinNodes(): void {
   registerNodeType({
     id: 'variable',
     component: VariableNode,
-    defaultStyle: { width: 224, height: 180 },
+    defaultStyle: { width: 224, height: 240 },
     defaultData: { value: '', valueType: 'string' },
     idPrefix: 'var_',
     hasInput: false,