diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
index a905034f302..d4d645950c1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ export class Explore extends React.PureComponent<ExploreProps, ExploreState> {
           <div className="navbar-buttons relative">
             <button className="btn navbar-button navbar-button--primary" onClick={this.onSubmit}>
               Run Query{' '}
-              {loading ? <i className="fa fa-spinner fa-spin run-icon" /> : <i className="fa fa-level-down run-icon" />}
+              {loading ? <i className="fa fa-spinner fa-fw fa-spin run-icon" /> : <i className="fa fa-level-down fa-fw run-icon" />}
             </button>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/public/sass/pages/_explore.scss b/public/sass/pages/_explore.scss
index dd1afea7394..098dae1a4a2 100644
--- a/public/sass/pages/_explore.scss
+++ b/public/sass/pages/_explore.scss
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   }
 
   .run-icon {
-    margin-left: 0.5em;
+    margin-left: 0.25em;
     transform: rotate(90deg);
   }