diff --git a/src/stylesheet/widgets/_menus.scss b/src/stylesheet/widgets/_menus.scss
index b2744ecd52be284311fe81296ae7a38817120604..6bc4174de203c9d5ff7c333b3f4184e3ce879fd2 100644
--- a/src/stylesheet/widgets/_menus.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheet/widgets/_menus.scss
@@ -45,9 +45,13 @@ popover.menu {
     background-color: $menu_color;
     color: $text_color;
     padding: 0;
+  }
 
-    > scrolledwindow > viewport {
-      padding: $menu-margin;
+  &.background > contents {
+    &, > scrolledwindow > viewport {
+      > stack > box {
+        padding: $menu-margin;
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -152,10 +156,6 @@ menubar {
       background-color: $view_selected_color;
     }
 
-    popover.menu.background > contents {
-      padding: $menu-margin;
-    }
-
     //nested submenus
     popover.menu popover.menu {
       padding: 0 0 4px 0;