diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
index 86458f0d5f..a759bb53e5 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <div class='form-bottom'>
         <media-upload @uploading="disableSubmit" @uploaded="addMediaFile" @upload-failed="enableSubmit" :drop-files="dropFiles"></media-upload>
 
-        <p v-if="hasStatusLengthLimit">{{ charactersLeft }}</p>
+        <p v-if="hasStatusLengthLimit" class="base04">{{ charactersLeft }}</p>
 
         <button v-if="posting" disabled class="btn btn-default base05 base02-background">{{$t('post_status.posting')}}</button>
         <button v-else :disabled="submitDisabled" type="submit" class="btn btn-default base05 base02-background">{{$t('general.submit')}}</button>
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
          button {
              width: 10em;
          }
+
+         p {
+           margin: 0.35em;
+           padding: 0.35em;
+           display: flex;
+         }
      }
      .error {
        border-radius: 5px;