diff --git a/news/templates/news/news_card_content_short.html b/news/templates/news/news_card_content_short.html
index 8ee65b8d920f49b62e5439d376daa1937365d8de..8565202ba8833c425769a0f073fd5a8338a47832 100644
--- a/news/templates/news/news_card_content_short.html
+++ b/news/templates/news/news_card_content_short.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div>
         <h5 class="text-muted mb-2">{{news.date|date:'j F Y'}}</h5>
         <div>
-            {{news.blurb|slice:":180"}} (...)
+            {{news.blurb|slice:":90"}} (...)
 
             <br>
             <a href="{% url 'news:news' %}#news_{{news.id}}" class="my-1 d-inline-block">Read more</a>
diff --git a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss
index c41e5e12bf91f88d56d6fba015e9928efbc44617..7806862752e607e32e4c38e6c356944c850f4f37 100644
--- a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss
+++ b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@
 
     @media (min-width: 768px) {
         .main-panel {
-            width: calc(100% - 450px);
+            width: calc(100% - 400px);
         }
         .sidebar {
-            width: 450px;
+            width: 400px;
             border-top: 0;
             padding-bottom: 3rem;
             // box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px 0 #d0d1d5 inset;
@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@
     }
 
     @media (min-width: 1280px) {
-        .main-panel,
         .sidebar {
-            padding-left: 3rem;
-            padding-right: 3rem;
+            padding-left: 2rem;
+            padding-right: 2rem;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/scipost/templates/scipost/base_for_sidebar.html b/scipost/templates/scipost/base_for_sidebar.html
index 86d25e5bace4d9fcf476e55640bb601c80f07ec1..6fe3e950b259a0eb19e531c0b988915bdd300917 100644
--- a/scipost/templates/scipost/base_for_sidebar.html
+++ b/scipost/templates/scipost/base_for_sidebar.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
         </div>
 
-        <div class="sidebar">
+        <div class="sidebar pt-1">
             {% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}
         </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/scipost/templates/scipost/index.html b/scipost/templates/scipost/index.html
index baae278558bea7feaa6bd9d5cd8612b4ca5098bd..52b9b98b4d7c47555a07d2749aed50b64813ff41 100644
--- a/scipost/templates/scipost/index.html
+++ b/scipost/templates/scipost/index.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-lg-6">
             <!-- Latest publications -->
-            <div class="card card-grey">
+            <div class="card card-grey px-3">
                 <div class="card-header">
                     <h2 class="card-title mb-0"><a href="{% url 'journals:journals' %}" class="text-black">Latest Publications</a></h2>
                 </div>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
         <div class="col-lg-6">
             <!-- Latest submissions -->
-            <div class="card card-grey">
+            <div class="card card-grey px-3">
                 <div class="card-header">
                     <h2 class="card-title mb-0"><a href="{% url 'submissions:submissions' %}" class="text-black">Latest Submissions</a></h2>
                 </div>