diff --git a/web/chat/inline-engagement.css b/web/chat/inline-engagement.css
index 35f812450..db7082bed 100644
--- a/web/chat/inline-engagement.css
+++ b/web/chat/inline-engagement.css
@@ -1,74 +1,73 @@
 div.inlineEngagementContainer {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   align-items: center;
 }
 div.centerContainer {
   justify-content: center;
 }
 div.leftContainer {
   justify-content: flex-start;
   position: relative;
   top: -10px;
   left: 44px;
   margin-right: 44px;
 }
 div.rightContainer {
   justify-content: flex-end;
   position: relative;
   top: -10px;
   right: 30px;
   margin-left: 31px;
 }
 
 a.sidebarContainer,
 a.reactionsContainer {
   background: var(--inline-engagement-bg);
   color: var(--inline-engagement-color);
   font-size: var(--s-font-14);
   line-height: var(--line-height-text);
   transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
   padding: 4px 8px;
   border-radius: 8px;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 4px;
 }
 
 a.sidebarContainer:hover,
 a.reactionsContainer:hover {
   background: var(--inline-engagement-bg-hover);
 }
 
 div.unread {
   font-weight: bold;
 }
 
 svg.inlineEngagementIcon {
   color: #666666;
 }
 
 div.messageLabel {
   display: flex;
   flex-shrink: 0;
+  /* This is the height of the sidebar/reaction pills */
+  height: 29px;
 }
 
 div.messageLabel > span {
   font-size: 12px;
   padding: 0 3px;
   color: var(--message-label-color);
+  align-self: center;
 }
 
 div.messageLabelLeft {
   margin-left: 8px;
   margin-right: 4px;
 }
 
 div.messageLabelRight {
   margin-right: 12px;
   margin-left: 4px;
 }
-
-div.onlyMessageLabel {
-  margin-top: 8px;
-}
diff --git a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
index c9eb02bc9..e1e785aa2 100644
--- a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -1,126 +1,126 @@
 // @flow
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { getInlineEngagementSidebarText } from 'lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js';
 import { stringForReactionList } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import css from './inline-engagement.css';
 import CommIcon from '../CommIcon.react.js';
 import MessageReactionsModal from '../modals/chat/message-reactions-modal.react.js';
 import { useOnClickThread } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +sidebarThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
   +reactions?: ReactionInfo,
   +positioning: 'left' | 'center' | 'right',
   +label?: ?string,
 };
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { sidebarThreadInfo, reactions, positioning, label } = props;
   const { pushModal, popModal } = useModalContext();
   const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarThreadInfo);
 
-  const containerClasses = classNames([
-    css.inlineEngagementContainer,
-    {
-      [css.leftContainer]: positioning === 'left',
-      [css.centerContainer]: positioning === 'center',
-      [css.rightContainer]: positioning === 'right',
-    },
-  ]);
+  const isLeft = positioning === 'left';
+
+  const labelClasses = classNames({
+    [css.messageLabel]: true,
+    [css.messageLabelLeft]: isLeft,
+    [css.messageLabelRight]: !isLeft,
+  });
+  const editedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!label) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return (
+      <div className={labelClasses}>
+        <span>{label}</span>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }, [label, labelClasses]);
 
   const onClickSidebarInner = useOnClickThread(sidebarThreadInfo);
 
   const onClickSidebar = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       popModal();
       onClickSidebarInner(event);
     },
     [popModal, onClickSidebarInner],
   );
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarThreadInfo || !repliesText) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <a onClick={onClickSidebar} className={css.sidebarContainer}>
         <CommIcon size={14} icon="sidebar-filled" />
         {repliesText}
       </a>
     );
   }, [sidebarThreadInfo, repliesText, onClickSidebar]);
 
   const onClickReactions = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       event.preventDefault();
       if (!reactions) {
         return;
       }
       pushModal(
         <MessageReactionsModal onClose={popModal} reactions={reactions} />,
       );
     },
     [popModal, pushModal, reactions],
   );
 
   const reactionsList = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!reactions || Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const reactionText = stringForReactionList(reactions);
 
     return (
       <a onClick={onClickReactions} className={css.reactionsContainer}>
         {reactionText}
       </a>
     );
   }, [reactions, onClickReactions]);
 
-  const isLeft = positioning === 'left';
-  const labelClasses = classNames({
-    [css.messageLabel]: true,
-    [css.messageLabelLeft]: isLeft,
-    [css.messageLabelRight]: !isLeft,
-    [css.onlyMessageLabel]: !sidebarItem && !reactionsList,
-  });
-  const editedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!label) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return (
-      <div className={labelClasses}>
-        <span>{label}</span>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }, [label, labelClasses]);
+  const containerClasses = classNames([
+    css.inlineEngagementContainer,
+    {
+      [css.leftContainer]: positioning === 'left',
+      [css.centerContainer]: positioning === 'center',
+      [css.rightContainer]: positioning === 'right',
+    },
+  ]);
 
   let body;
   if (isLeft) {
     body = (
       <>
         {editedLabel}
         {sidebarItem}
         {reactionsList}
       </>
     );
   } else {
     body = (
       <>
         {sidebarItem}
         {reactionsList}
         {editedLabel}
       </>
     );
   }
   return <div className={containerClasses}>{body}</div>;
 }
 
 export default InlineEngagement;