diff --git a/static/styles/zulip.css b/static/styles/zulip.css
index ad5f604b84..2189e2cd2f 100644
--- a/static/styles/zulip.css
+++ b/static/styles/zulip.css
@@ -2058,10 +2058,14 @@ div.floating_recipient {
 }
 
 .katex-html {
-    line-height: initial;
+    line-height: 3em;
     white-space: initial;
 }
 
+.katex-display {
+    margin: 0em 0;
+}
+
 .tex-error {
     color: red;
 }