diff --git a/css/converse.css b/css/converse.css
index ad17ffe0b..39f61acb3 100644
--- a/css/converse.css
+++ b/css/converse.css
@@ -947,7 +947,8 @@
   #conversejs #converse-login input {
     width: 100%;
     height: 30px;
-    margin: 5px 0 10px 0; }
+    margin: 5px 0 10px 0;
+    padding: 0.5em; }
   #conversejs #converse-register .input-group {
     display: table;
     margin: auto;
@@ -1228,3 +1229,5 @@
     margin-left: 0;
     cursor: n-resize;
     z-index: 20; }
+
+/*# sourceMappingURL=converse.css.map */
diff --git a/sass/converse.scss b/sass/converse.scss
index fe282c836..d81efdf4d 100644
--- a/sass/converse.scss
+++ b/sass/converse.scss
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@
     width: 100%;
     height: 30px;
     margin: 5px 0 10px 0;
+    padding: 0.5em;
   }
 
   #converse-register {