diff --git a/templates/projects/view.tmpl b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
index 8e4f0e794b..200c1819ea 100644
--- a/templates/projects/view.tmpl
+++ b/templates/projects/view.tmpl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 						<div class="ui small circular grey label project-column-issue-count">
 							{{.NumIssues ctx}}
 						</div>
-						<span class="project-column-title-label">{{.Title}}{{if .Default}}{{svg "octicon-star"}}{{end}}</span>
+						<span class="project-column-title-label">{{.Title}}{{if .Default}}{{svg "octicon-star" 16 "tw-ml-2"}}{{end}}</span>
 					</div>
 					{{if $canWriteProject}}
 						<div class="ui dropdown jump item">