diff --git a/www/admin/app-admin.less b/www/admin/app-admin.less
index 444c3010c..fa1989026 100644
--- a/www/admin/app-admin.less
+++ b/www/admin/app-admin.less
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
             width: 100%;
             min-width: 600px;
             .empty {
-                font-style: italic;
+                background-color: transparent;
             }
             tbody {
                 tr {
diff --git a/www/admin/inner.js b/www/admin/inner.js
index 5925c6f29..bcf5c4757 100644
--- a/www/admin/inner.js
+++ b/www/admin/inner.js
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ define([
 
                 // Empty history
                 if (!msgs.length) {
-                    $table.append(h('tr', h('td.empty', Messages.broadcast_empty)));
+                    $table.append(h('tr.empty', h('td', Messages.broadcast_empty)));
                 }
 
                 // Build the table