diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/projects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/projects.scss
index 70adc21a7a..0a7671e3fe 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/projects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/projects.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 .project-home-panel {
   margin-bottom: 15px;
+  position: relative;
+  padding-left: 85px;
 
   &.empty-project {
     border-bottom: 0px;
@@ -23,6 +25,22 @@
     margin-bottom: 0px;
   }
 
+  .project-identicon-holder {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 0;
+
+    .avatar {
+      width: 70px;
+      height: 70px;
+      @include border-radius(0px);
+    }
+
+    .identicon {
+      font-size: 45px;
+      line-height: 1.6;
+    }
+  }
+
   .project-home-dropdown {
     margin-left: 10px;
     float: right;
@@ -36,10 +54,6 @@
       float: left;
       color: #666;
       font-size: 16px;
-
-      .avatar {
-        margin-top: -5px;
-      }
     }
 
     .star-fork-buttons {
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml
index 05910c6038..2ed49f83a7 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_home_panel.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 - empty_repo = @project.empty_repo?
 .project-home-panel{:class => ("empty-project" if empty_repo)}
+  .project-identicon-holder
+    = project_icon(@project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar')
   .project-home-row
     .project-home-desc
-      = project_icon(@project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s32')
       - if @project.description.present?
         = escaped_autolink(@project.description)
       - if can?(current_user, :admin_project, @project)