diff --git a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
index aa7ca88931..bae9924141 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
 				{{$commitRepoLink := $.RepoLink}}{{if $.CommitRepoLink}}{{$commitRepoLink = $.CommitRepoLink}}{{end}}
 				{{range .Commits}}
 					<tr>
-						<td class="author">
+						<td class="author tw-flex">
 							{{$userName := .Author.Name}}
 							{{if .User}}
 								{{if .User.FullName}}
 									{{$userName = .User.FullName}}
 								{{end}}
-								{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .User 28 "tw-mr-1"}}<a href="{{.User.HomeLink}}">{{$userName}}</a>
+								{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .User 28 "tw-mr-2"}}<a class="muted author-wrapper" href="{{.User.HomeLink}}">{{$userName}}</a>
 							{{else}}
-								{{ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail .Author.Email .Author.Name 28 "tw-mr-1"}}
-								{{$userName}}
+								{{ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail .Author.Email .Author.Name 28 "tw-mr-2"}}
+								<span class="author-wrapper">{{$userName}}</span>
 							{{end}}
 						</td>
 						<td class="sha">
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo.css b/web_src/css/repo.css
index 2014dfc370..18f28dc4a6 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo.css
@@ -2438,6 +2438,7 @@ tbody.commit-list {
 
 .author-wrapper {
   max-width: 180px;
+  align-self: center;
 }
 
 /* in the commit list, messages can wrap so we can use inline */