diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts
index 6289952ea0..6cc15258d4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer-v3-unified.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export const draw = async function (text: string, id: string, _version: string,
   data4Layout.diagramId = id;
   log.debug('REF1:', data4Layout);
   await render(data4Layout, svg);
-  const padding = data4Layout.config.flowchart?.padding ?? 8;
+  const padding = data4Layout.config.flowchart?.diagramPadding ?? 8;
   utils.insertTitle(
     svg,
     'flowchartTitleText',
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/setupViewPortForSVG.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/setupViewPortForSVG.ts
index 1fa2de1fd4..e21f3304b3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/setupViewPortForSVG.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/setupViewPortForSVG.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const setupViewPortForSVG = (
   svg.attr('viewBox', viewBox);
 
   // Log the viewBox configuration for debugging
-  log.debug(`viewBox configured: ${viewBox}`);
+  log.debug(`viewBox configured: ${viewBox} with padding: ${padding}`);
 };
 
 const calculateDimensionsWithPadding = (svg: SVG, padding: number) => {