diff --git a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css
index bff49a78ade..a72cf5e531a 100644
--- a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css
+++ b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/styles.css
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 .nav-pills .nav-pills {
     margin-left: 1rem;
 }
-
+.data-registry > .top-nav > * {
+    margin-right: 0.5rem;
+}
 /*Extra attribute selection to have preference over bs2's .moodle-actionmenu[data-enhance] */
 .data-registry > .top-nav > .singlebutton,
 .data-registry > .top-nav > .moodle-actionmenu[data-owner='dataregistry-actions'] {
diff --git a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/templates/data_registry.mustache b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/templates/data_registry.mustache
index 203510bbe8c..e4aa0c6bbda 100644
--- a/admin/tool/dataprivacy/templates/data_registry.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/dataprivacy/templates/data_registry.mustache
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     }
 }}
 <div class="data-registry">
-    <div class="top-nav">
+    <div class="top-nav d-flex">
         {{#defaultsbutton}}
             {{> core/action_link}}
         {{/defaultsbutton}}