diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/ExampleScene.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/ExampleScene.cpp
index 51a90332c..2be4a219b 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/ExampleScene.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/ExampleScene.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ bool ExampleScene::init() {
 
 	Atlas *atlas = new Atlas("spineboy.txt");
 	SkeletonJson json(atlas);
+  json.scale = 0.5;
 	SkeletonData *skeletonData = json.readSkeletonDataFile("spineboy-skeleton.json");
 	Animation *animation = json.readAnimationFile("spineboy-walk.json", skeletonData);