diff --git a/src/components/notification/notification.vue b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
index dd6cae382d..87925cfc08 100644
--- a/src/components/notification/notification.vue
+++ b/src/components/notification/notification.vue
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <small>{{$t('notifications.followed_you')}}</small>
           </span>
         </div>
-        <div>
+        <div class="timeago">
           <router-link v-if="notification.status" :to="{ name: 'conversation', params: { id: notification.status.id } }" class="faint-link">
             <timeago :since="notification.action.created_at" :auto-update="240"></timeago>
           </router-link>
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
index 0aaef7a19e..2240c10a8f 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
       }
     }
 
+    .timeago {
+      margin-right: .2em;
+    }
+
     .icon-retweet.lit {
       color: $fallback--cGreen;
       color: var(--cGreen, $fallback--cGreen);