diff --git a/src/widgets/_notebooks.scss b/src/widgets/_notebooks.scss
index 9f81c704..b23c0616 100644
--- a/src/widgets/_notebooks.scss
+++ b/src/widgets/_notebooks.scss
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ tab {
 
     // Not scaled because it's based on icon size
     min-width: 24px;
-    padding: rem(3px);
 
     .tab-close-button,
     .tab-indicator {
@@ -115,4 +114,8 @@ tabbox {
             box-shadow: outset-highlight();
         }
     }
+
+    > widget > grid {
+        padding: rem(3px);
+    }
 }