diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
index ff5b5a4bb..ccf12ffc1 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/EventTile.css
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ limitations under the License.
     /* ideally should be 100px, but 95px gives us a max thumbnail size of 800x600, which is nice */
     margin-right: 110px;
     padding-left: 65px; /* left gutter */
+    padding-top: 4px;
+    padding-bottom: 2px;
     border-radius: 4px;
-    line-height: 30px;
+    min-height: 24px;
+    line-height: 22px;
 }
 
 /* HACK to override line-height which is already marked important elsewhere */