diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index 90d083bbba..a3b2a08e47 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -548,8 +548,17 @@ main-router {
 }
 
 .panel-footer {
+  display: flex;
   border-radius: 0 0 $fallback--panelRadius $fallback--panelRadius;
   border-radius: 0 0 var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius) var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius);
+  flex: none;
+  padding: 0.6em 0.6em;
+  text-align: left;
+  line-height: 28px;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-color: var(--border, $fallback--border);
 
   .faint {
     color: $fallback--faint;
@@ -862,16 +871,10 @@ nav {
 }
 
 .new-status-notification {
-  position:relative;
-  margin-top: -1px;
+  position: relative;
   font-size: 1.1em;
-  border-width: 1px 0 0 0;
-  border-style: solid;
-  border-color: var(--border, $fallback--border);
-  padding: 10px;
   z-index: 1;
-  background-color: $fallback--fg;
-  background-color: var(--panel, $fallback--fg);
+  flex: 1;
 }
 
 .chat-layout {
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index 725d1ad4ed..eb951f1842 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       <div class="panel-footer">
         <div
           v-if="bottomedOut"
-          class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer faint"
+          class="new-status-notification text-center faint"
         >
           {{ $t('notifications.no_more_notifications') }}
         </div>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
           class="button-unstyled -link -fullwidth"
           @click.prevent="fetchOlderNotifications()"
         >
-          <div class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer">
+          <div class="new-status-notification text-center">
             {{ minimalMode ? $t('interactions.load_older') : $t('notifications.load_older') }}
           </div>
         </button>
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index 286477c25e..729c4c4476 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@
     <div :class="classes.footer">
       <div
         v-if="count===0"
-        class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer faint"
+        class="new-status-notification text-center faint"
       >
         {{ $t('timeline.no_statuses') }}
       </div>
       <div
         v-else-if="bottomedOut"
-        class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer faint"
+        class="new-status-notification text-center faint"
       >
         {{ $t('timeline.no_more_statuses') }}
       </div>
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
         class="button-unstyled -link -fullwidth"
         @click.prevent="fetchOlderStatuses()"
       >
-        <div class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer">
+        <div class="new-status-notification text-center">
           {{ $t('timeline.load_older') }}
         </div>
       </button>
       <div
         v-else
-        class="new-status-notification text-center panel-footer"
+        class="new-status-notification text-center"
       >
         <FAIcon
           icon="circle-notch"