diff --git a/src/GUI.cpp b/src/GUI.cpp
index b5b317c47..0e6fe22ed 100644
--- a/src/GUI.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI.cpp
@@ -1181,10 +1181,10 @@ void GUI::checkConnectionStatus() {
     html += tr("qBittorrent");
     html += "</div>";
     html += "<div style='vertical-align: baseline; height: 18px;'>";
-    html += "<img src=':/Icons/skin/downloading.png'/>"+tr("DL speed: %1 KiB/s", "e.g: Download speed: 10 KiB/s").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(BTSession->getPayloadDownloadRate()/1024., 'f', 1)));
+    html += "<img src=':/Icons/skin/downloading.png'/>&nbsp;"+tr("DL speed: %1 KiB/s", "e.g: Download speed: 10 KiB/s").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(BTSession->getPayloadDownloadRate()/1024., 'f', 1)));
     html += "</div>";
     html += "<div style='vertical-align: baseline; height: 18px;'>";
-    html += "<img src=':/Icons/skin/seeding.png'/>"+tr("UP speed: %1 KiB/s", "e.g: Upload speed: 10 KiB/s").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(BTSession->getPayloadUploadRate()/1024., 'f', 1)));
+    html += "<img src=':/Icons/skin/seeding.png'/>&nbsp;"+tr("UP speed: %1 KiB/s", "e.g: Upload speed: 10 KiB/s").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(BTSession->getPayloadUploadRate()/1024., 'f', 1)));
     html += "</div>";
     myTrayIcon->setToolTip(html); // tray icon
   }