diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
index 9dc230520..d65ac48e3 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.html.haml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
         %span.aspect_badges
           = aspect_badges(aspects_with_post(all_aspects, post), :link => true)
 
-      %br
       %span.timeago
         = link_to(how_long_ago(post), status_message_path(post))
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 9af5df89d..bd013c471 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ ul.show_comments
     :padding 0.4em
     :border
       :bottom 2px solid $background
+    :min-height 33px
 
     .from
       :font
@@ -644,6 +645,7 @@ ul.show_comments
       .submit_button
         :display block
         :margin
+          :top 5px
           :bottom 2px
           :right 2px
       textarea