diff --git a/app/mainwindow.cpp b/app/mainwindow.cpp
--- a/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 
 static const int BROWSE_PRELOAD_DELAY = 1000;
 static const int VIEW_PRELOAD_DELAY = 100;
+static const int DEFAULT_LAYOUT_MARGIN = 3;
 
 static const char* BROWSE_MODE_SIDE_BAR_GROUP = "SideBar-BrowseMode";
 static const char* VIEW_MODE_SIDE_BAR_GROUP = "SideBar-ViewMode";
@@ -533,7 +534,7 @@
         page = new SideBarPage(i18n("Folders"));
         page->setObjectName(QLatin1String("folders"));
         page->addWidget(folderViewItem->widget());
-        page->layout()->setMargin(0);
+        page->layout()->setMargin(DEFAULT_LAYOUT_MARGIN);
         mSideBar->addPage(page);
 
         page = new SideBarPage(i18n("Information"));
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@
             page->addWidget(semanticInfoItem->widget());
         }
 #endif
+        page->layout()->setMargin(DEFAULT_LAYOUT_MARGIN);
         mSideBar->addPage(page);
 
         page = new SideBarPage(i18n("Operations"));
@@ -551,6 +553,7 @@
         page->addWidget(imageOpsItem->widget());
         page->addWidget(fileOpsItem->widget());
         page->addStretch();
+        page->layout()->setMargin(DEFAULT_LAYOUT_MARGIN);
         mSideBar->addPage(page);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/sidebar.cpp b/app/sidebar.cpp
--- a/app/sidebar.cpp
+++ b/app/sidebar.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     button->setAutoRaise(true);
     button->setDefaultAction(action);
     button->setToolButtonStyle(Qt::ToolButtonTextBesideIcon);
-    button->setIconSize(QSize(size, size));
+    button->setIconSize(QSize(size+6, size));
     if (action->menu()) {
         button->setPopupMode(QToolButton::InstantPopup);
     }