diff --git a/preamble.tex b/preamble.tex
index 736a0bffe84c669988bd32a716c5b3236961b9a9..e568bb6206fd559fb99faf2f6afb142b6153586f 100644
--- a/preamble.tex
+++ b/preamble.tex
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 {\Huge}
 
 \titleformat{\section}[frame]
-{\needspace{5em}\normalfont}
+{\needspace{3em}\normalfont}
 {\filright
 \footnotesize
 \enspace SECTION \thesection\enspace}