diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/CompactMessage.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/CompactMessage.qml
index 120e71668e..cf74935f02 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/CompactMessage.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/CompactMessage.qml
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ Item {
 
     SentMessage {
         id: sentMessage
+        visible: isCurrentUser && !timeout && isMessage && outgoingStatus !== "sent"
         anchors.verticalCenter: chatTime.verticalCenter
         anchors.left: chatTime.right
-        anchors.rightMargin: 5
+        anchors.leftMargin: 8
     }
 
     Retry {
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/SentMessage.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/SentMessage.qml
index d6c3937219..184362f05e 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/SentMessage.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Chat/ChatColumn/MessageComponents/SentMessage.qml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ StyledText {
     id: sentMessage
     visible: isCurrentUser && !timeout && !isExpired && isMessage
     color: Style.current.darkGrey
-    text: outgoingStatus == "sent" ?
+    text: outgoingStatus === "sent" ?
     //% "Sent"
     qsTrId("status-sent") :
     //% "Sending..."