diff --git a/web/styles/app_variables.css b/web/styles/app_variables.css
index 5459ede86c..f7e329b1dd 100644
--- a/web/styles/app_variables.css
+++ b/web/styles/app_variables.css
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     );
     /* This represents the space in the sidebar reserved for symbols like
        the #; labels like the stream name go to the right of this. */
-    --left-sidebar-icon-column-width: 16px;
+    --left-sidebar-icon-column-width: 1em;
     /* Offset on unreads to make New topic button appear centered. */
     --left-sidebar-unread-offset: 6.5px;
     /* space direct message / stream / topic names from unread counters