diff --git a/lib/widgets/message_list.dart b/lib/widgets/message_list.dart
index f041b1d0e4..0a03c00b4b 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/message_list.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/message_list.dart
@@ -785,44 +785,46 @@ class MessageWithPossibleSender extends StatelessWidget {
 
     final Widget senderWidget;
     if (item.showSender) {
-      senderWidget = Row(
-        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
-        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.baseline,
-        textBaseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
-        children: [
-          Flexible(
-            child: GestureDetector(
-              onTap: () => Navigator.push(context,
-                ProfilePage.buildRoute(context: context,
-                  userId: message.senderId)),
-              child: Padding(
-                padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 2),
-                child: Row(
-                  children: [
-                    Avatar(size: 32, borderRadius: 3, userId: message.senderId),
-                    const SizedBox(width: 8),
-                    Flexible(
-                      child: Text(message.senderFullName, // TODO get from user data
-                        style: const TextStyle(
-                          fontFamily: 'Source Sans 3',
-                          fontSize: 18,
-                          height: (22 / 18),
-                        ).merge(weightVariableTextStyle(context, wght: 600,
-                            wghtIfPlatformRequestsBold: 900)),
-                        overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
-                    ),
-                  ]),
-              )),
-          ),
-          Text(time,
-            style: TextStyle(
-              color: _kMessageTimestampColor,
-              fontFamily: 'Source Sans 3',
-              fontSize: 16,
-              height: (18 / 16),
-              fontFeatures: const [FontFeature.enable('c2sc'), FontFeature.enable('smcp')],
-            ).merge(weightVariableTextStyle(context))),
-        ]);
+      senderWidget = Padding(
+        padding: const EdgeInsets.only(top: 4, left: 16, right: 16),
+        child: Row(
+          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
+          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.baseline,
+          textBaseline: TextBaseline.alphabetic,
+          children: [
+            Flexible(
+              child: GestureDetector(
+                onTap: () => Navigator.push(context,
+                  ProfilePage.buildRoute(context: context,
+                    userId: message.senderId)),
+                child: Padding(
+                  padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 2),
+                  child: Row(
+                    children: [
+                      Avatar(size: 32, borderRadius: 3, userId: message.senderId),
+                      const SizedBox(width: 8),
+                      Flexible(
+                        child: Text(message.senderFullName, // TODO get from user data
+                          style: const TextStyle(
+                            fontFamily: 'Source Sans 3',
+                            fontSize: 18,
+                            height: (22 / 18),
+                          ).merge(weightVariableTextStyle(context, wght: 600,
+                              wghtIfPlatformRequestsBold: 900)),
+                          overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis),
+                      ),
+                    ]),
+                )),
+            ),
+            Text(time,
+              style: TextStyle(
+                color: _kMessageTimestampColor,
+                fontFamily: 'Source Sans 3',
+                fontSize: 16,
+                height: (18 / 16),
+                fontFeatures: const [FontFeature.enable('c2sc'), FontFeature.enable('smcp')],
+              ).merge(weightVariableTextStyle(context))),
+          ]));
     } else {
       senderWidget = const SizedBox.shrink();
     }
@@ -830,21 +832,25 @@ class MessageWithPossibleSender extends StatelessWidget {
     return GestureDetector(
       behavior: HitTestBehavior.translucent,
       onLongPress: () => showMessageActionSheet(context: context, message: message),
-      child: Padding(
-        padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4),
-        child: Row(crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: [
-          const SizedBox(width: 16),
-          Expanded(
-            child: Column(
-              crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
-              children: [
-                senderWidget,
-                MessageContent(message: message, content: item.content),
-                if ((message.reactions?.total ?? 0) > 0)
-                  ReactionChipsList(messageId: message.id, reactions: message.reactions!)
-              ])),
-          const SizedBox(width: 16),
-        ])));
+      child: Column(
+        children: [
+          senderWidget,
+          Padding(
+            padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(vertical: 4),
+            child: Row(crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start, children: [
+              const SizedBox(width: 16),
+              Expanded(
+                child: Column(
+                  crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.stretch,
+                  children: [
+                    MessageContent(message: message, content: item.content),
+                    if ((message.reactions?.total ?? 0) > 0)
+                      ReactionChipsList(messageId: message.id, reactions: message.reactions!)
+                  ])),
+              const SizedBox(width: 16),
+            ])),
+        ],
+      ));
   }
 }