diff --git a/src/components/PostControls/index.tsx b/src/components/PostControls/index.tsx
index aea4649cff..23dd8c40d0 100644
--- a/src/components/PostControls/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostControls/index.tsx
@@ -365,14 +365,7 @@ export function PostControlsSkeleton({
 
   return (
     <Skele.Row
-      style={[
-        a.flex_row,
-        a.justify_between,
-        a.align_center,
-        !big && a.pt_2xs,
-        a.gap_md,
-        style,
-      ]}>
+      style={[a.flex_row, a.justify_between, a.align_center, a.gap_md, style]}>
       <View style={[a.flex_row, a.flex_1, {maxWidth: 320}]}>
         <View
           style={[itemStyles, a.flex_1, a.align_start, {marginLeft: -padding}]}>
diff --git a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx
index f10217bd38..6da1103ae9 100644
--- a/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/PostThread/components/ThreadItemTreePost.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const ThreadItemTreePostInnerWrapper = memo(
             paddingTop: OUTER_SPACE / 2,
           },
           item.ui.indent === 1 && [
-            !item.ui.showParentReplyLine && a.pt_lg,
+            !item.ui.showParentReplyLine && {paddingTop: OUTER_SPACE / 1.5},
             !item.ui.showChildReplyLine && a.pb_sm,
           ],
           item.ui.isLastChild &&
@@ -410,11 +410,10 @@ export function ThreadItemTreePostSkeleton({index}: {index: number}) {
     <View
       style={[
         {paddingHorizontal: OUTER_SPACE, paddingVertical: OUTER_SPACE / 1.5},
-        a.gap_md,
         a.border_t,
         t.atoms.border_contrast_low,
       ]}>
-      <Skele.Row style={[a.align_start, a.gap_md]}>
+      <Skele.Row style={[a.align_start, a.gap_xs]}>
         <Skele.Circle size={TREE_AVI_WIDTH} />
 
         <Skele.Col style={[a.gap_xs]}>