diff --git a/theme/base/style/course.css b/theme/base/style/course.css
index e459f2ddc47..1bd7200113b 100644
--- a/theme/base/style/course.css
+++ b/theme/base/style/course.css
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 .dir-rtl .section_add_menus .urlselect select { margin-right: .2em; margin-left: 0;}
 .section_add_menus .urlselect img.iconhelp { padding: 0; margin: 0; vertical-align: text-bottom;}
 
+.site-topic ul.section,
+.course-content ul.section { margin: 1em;}
 .sitetopic .section .activity img.activityicon,
 .course-content .section .activity img.activityicon {vertical-align:text-bottom;margin-right: 6px;}
 .dir-rtl .sitetopic .section .activity img.activityicon,