diff --git a/public/css/icinga/base.less b/public/css/icinga/base.less
index 294f0750ca..f5b5332920 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/base.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/base.less
@@ -103,10 +103,14 @@ td {
   padding: @vertical-padding / 2 @horizontal-padding / 2;
 }
 
-// Smooth icons; ifont claims to have it, but it does not work in :before
 [class^="icon-"], [class*=" icon-"] {
+  // Smooth icons; ifont claims to have it, but it does not work in :before
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
+
+  &:before {
+    margin-left: 0;
+  }
 }
 
 @media print {
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/menu.less b/public/css/icinga/menu.less
index 257fa7136a..d5f101cc55 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/menu.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/menu.less
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*! Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
 
-@icon-width: 1.4em; // 1em width + 0.2em left margin + 0.2em right margin
+@icon-width: 1.2em; // 1em width + 0.2em right margin
 
 #menu {
   height: 100%;