diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js
index 6d71878d6..5d79bdfa6 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Scripts/admin.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             }, options);
             _this.each(function (index, element) {
                 var controller = $(element);
-                var glyph = $("<span class=\"expando-glyph-container\"><span class=\"expando-glyph\"></span></span>");
+                var glyph = $("<span class=\"expando-glyph-container\"><span class=\"expando-glyph\"></span>&#8203;</span>");
 
                 glyph.data("controllees", getControllees(controller));
 
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css
index f27e590a0..b9818cb7c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ form.link button:hover {
     margin:0;
 }
 #navigation li h3 {
-    padding:0 0 2px 8px;
+    padding:0 0 3px 8px;
 }
 #navigation li h3 a, #navigation li h3 span {
 	padding:6px 4px px 0;
@@ -269,10 +269,9 @@ form.link button:hover {
 /* todo: make generic so all toggles can use this and clean up jQuery */
 .expando-glyph-container {
     display:inline !important;
-    line-height:1em;
+    line-height:.9em;
     padding:0  !important;
     position:relative;
-    text-align:sub;
 }
 .expando-glyph {
     background:#fcfcfc no-repeat center center;