diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 174e08f93..83594acad 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
               = render "groups/new_group"
 
     .container
-      .span-4.append-1.last
+      .span-5.last
         = render "shared/group_nav"
 
       .span-19.last
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 1b0eb29f1..da3ae23fd 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ a {
     background-color: #556270; }
 
 .avatar {
-  width: 50px; }
+  width: 50px;
+  height: 50px; }
 
 #flash_notice,
 #flash_error,
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ h1.big_text {
       #other_user_menu > li:first-child img {
         position: absolute;
         width: 20px;
+        height: 20px;
         top: 3px;
         left: 9px; }
     #other_user_menu > li:last-child {
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index a06880406..864739fee 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ a
 
 .avatar
   :width 50px
+  :height 50px
 
 #flash_notice,
 #flash_error,
@@ -654,6 +655,7 @@ h1.big_text
       img
         :position absolute
         :width 20px
+        :height 20px
         :top 3px
         :left 9px