diff --git a/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid b/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
index e1c0f13dd..920cd25d7 100644
--- a/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
+++ b/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base.tid
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ button svg.tc-image-button, button .tc-image-button img {
 
 button.tc-tag-label, span.tc-tag-label {
 	display: inline-block;
-	padding: 0.25em 0.7em;
+	padding: 0.16em 0.7em;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
 	font-weight: 300;
 	line-height: 1.2em;