diff --git a/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/structure/measurement.ts b/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/structure/measurement.ts
index b199561382a2c5356b81d48da40735818cfbe702..827ba0b6ea12de0241bbae3dc41f3d4212f13af6 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/structure/measurement.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin-state/manager/structure/measurement.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ class StructureMeasurementManager extends StatefulPluginComponent<StructureMeasu
                     borderColor: Color.fromRgb(0, 0, 0),
                     textSize: 0.33,
                     borderWidth: 0.3,
+                    offsetZ: 0.75,
                     customText: `${order++}`
                 }, { tags: MeasurementOrderLabelTag });
         }