diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
index ba888a587..5c771288a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ h1 a.badge-category div {vertical-align: top;}
 
 .badge-notification {
   @extend %badge;
-  padding: 3px;
+  padding: 3px 5px;
+  vertical-align: middle;
   color: $secondary;
   font-size: 11px;
   line-height: 1;
-  min-width: 11px;
   text-align: center;
   background-color: scale-color($primary, $lightness: 70%);
   &[href] {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
index bb5065d87..b8a32c34a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss
@@ -1019,7 +1019,6 @@ span.highlighted {
 .read-state {
   color: scale-color($tertiary, $lightness: 50%);
   position: absolute;
-  right: -8px;
   top: 13px;
   font-size: 8px;
 }