diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index fd24644..386375d 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ class Indicator extends PanelMenu.Button {
         box.add_child(serverBox);
         
 	let name_box = new St.BoxLayout( { style_class: 'monito-namebox' } );
-	this.namesBoxes [ this.server ] = new St.Label ( { text: this.account_settings.get_string ( 'name' ) } );
+	this.namesBoxes [ this.server ] = new St.Label ( { text: this.account_settings.get_string ( 'name' ),
+                                                           y_align: Clutter.ActorAlign.CENTER, } );
         name_box.add_child ( this.namesBoxes [ this.server ] );
         serverBox.add_child(name_box);
         this.account_settings.bind ( 'name', this.namesBoxes [ this.server ], 'text', Gio.SettingsBindFlags.GET );
diff --git a/stylesheet.css b/stylesheet.css
index 1c7804c..fd7d475 100644
--- a/stylesheet.css
+++ b/stylesheet.css
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 
 .monito-namebox {
     margin-right: .5em;
-    vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
 .monito-critical-box, .monito-service-CRITICAL, .monito-service-line-CRITICAL {