diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug b/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug
index 6212a755e..fe6f0c143 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/views/notes/notes-view.pug
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
             ng-click='self.clearFilterText();',
             ng-show='self.state.noteFilter.text'
             ) ✕
-        label.sk-panel-row.justify-left.mt-1(
           ng-if='self.state.searchIsFocused || self.state.searchOptionsAreFocused'
+        label.sk-panel-row.justify-left.mt-2(
           style="padding-bottom: 0"
         )
           .sk-horizontal-group.tight
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/_ui.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/_ui.scss
index bcf559449..dac4ccaf5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/_ui.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/_ui.scss
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ $screen-md-max:              ($screen-lg-min - 1) !default;
 .mt-1 {
   margin-top: .25rem;
 }
+.mt-2 {
+  margin-top: .5rem;
+}
 .mt-3 {
   margin-top: .75rem;
 }