diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index be8e8bc080e352011aab0a9f28ca633a75282d10..2d1b3856b5530aa449bcb7f55c8ab831195aa49c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ minerva (14.0.3) stable; urgency=medium
   * Bug fix: +/- buttons were misaligned in genemove browser (#942)
   * Bug fix: color of links in the left panel was unintentionally changed 
     (#990)
+  * Bug fix: minerva logo in left panel is centered properly
 
  -- Piotr Gawron <piotr.gawron@uni.lu>  Wed, 16 Oct 2019 9:00:00 +0200
 
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css b/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css
index edc69d1adef16251fad871924b2e328d3544ba35..700c70f66aa834cfc332524f42bb2f8f267398bd 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/css/global.css
@@ -299,16 +299,15 @@ h5 {
     font-weight: 900;
 }
 
-.minerva-logo-footer img {
-    margin-right: 6px;
-    width: 25px;
-}
-
 .minerva-logo-footer a {
     color: white;
     text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+.minerva-logo-footer span {
+    margin-left: 5px;
+}
+
 .minerva-logo {
     height: auto;
     width: auto;
@@ -324,8 +323,8 @@ h5 {
     width: 25px;
     height: 25px;
     background-size: 25px 25px;
-    margin-bottom: -5px;
     display: inline-block;
+    vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
 .minerva-profile-img {
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/LeftPanel.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/LeftPanel.js
index 61de9eb2110c72004f97ea94e1a82377c7a7a78c..6c943b62e6be4245fdc9f72a9c20160c892487ca 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/LeftPanel.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/leftPanel/LeftPanel.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ LeftPanel.prototype._createPanelGui = function () {
     type: "div",
     className: "minerva-logo-footer",
     content: "<a href='https://minerva.pages.uni.lu/doc/' target='_blank'>" +
-      "<div class='minerva-pages-logo'></div> Powered by MINERVA Platform (v" + self.getConfiguration().getVersion() + ")</a>",
+      "<div class='minerva-pages-logo'></div><span>Powered by MINERVA Platform (v" + self.getConfiguration().getVersion() + ")</span></a>",
     xss: false
   }));
 };