diff --git a/public/stylesheets/main.css b/public/stylesheets/main.css
index f8578c84..56e98bb1 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/main.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/main.css
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ input, textarea, select {
   border: 1px solid #D7D7D7;
   font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
   font-size: 0.9em;
-  padding: .2em; }
+  padding-left: .2em;
+  padding-right: .2em; }
 
 input:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus {
   border-color: #000; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/print.css b/public/stylesheets/print.css
index 97279937..9c02ca49 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/print.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/print.css
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ input, textarea, select {
   border: 1px solid #D7D7D7;
   font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
   font-size: 0.9em;
-  padding: .2em; }
+  padding-left: .2em;
+  padding-right: .2em; }
 
 input:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus {
   border-color: #000; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/main.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/main.sass
index 85dd773c..739b0abd 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/main.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/main.sass
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ input, textarea, select
   border: 1px solid #D7D7D7
   font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif
   font-size: 0.9em
-  padding: .2em
+  padding-left: .2em
+  padding-right: .2em
 
 input:focus, textarea:focus, select:focus
   border-color: #000