diff --git a/issue/static/css/issue.css b/issue/static/css/issue.css
index c3688c0..5e53276 100644
--- a/issue/static/css/issue.css
+++ b/issue/static/css/issue.css
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 body {
-    padding-top: 20px;
-    padding-bottom: 20px;
+  padding-top: 70px;
+  padding-bottom: 30px;
 }
 
 .navbar {
-    margin-bottom: 20px;
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
 a .remove-label {
diff --git a/issue/templates/base.html b/issue/templates/base.html
index 52c5d03..bbfbda3 100644
--- a/issue/templates/base.html
+++ b/issue/templates/base.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <div class="container">
 
       <!-- Static navbar -->
-      <div class="navbar navbar-default" role="navigation">
+      <div class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top" role="navigation">
         <div class="container-fluid">
           <div class="navbar-header">
             <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">
@@ -88,20 +88,16 @@
 
       <div class="row">
 
-        <div class="col-md-offset-1 col-md-10">
+        {% if messages %}
+          {% for message in messages %}
+          <div class="alert alert-{{ message.tags }} alert-dismissable">
+          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
+          {{ message }}
+          </div>
+          {% endfor %}
+        {% endif %}
 
-          {% if messages %}
-            {% for message in messages %}
-            <div class="alert alert-{{ message.tags }} alert-dismissable">
-            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
-            {{ message }}
-            </div>
-            {% endfor %}
-          {% endif %}
-
-          {% block content %}{% endblock %}
-
-        </div>
+        {% block content %}{% endblock %}
 
       </div>