diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index bed67a1f..678c4410 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ nav {
   --miniColumn: 25em;
   --maxiColumn: minmax(var(--miniColumn), 45em);
   --columnGap: 1em;
+  --status-margin: 0.75em;
 
   position: relative;
   display: grid;
diff --git a/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue b/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
index ccc523a2..04078cf4 100644
--- a/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
+++ b/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
@@ -270,5 +270,8 @@
     border-radius: 0 0 var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius) var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius);
     border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border, $fallback--border);
   }
+  &.-expanded {
+    margin: calc(var(--status-margin, $status-margin) / 2);
+  }
 }
 </style>