diff --git a/root/styles/prosilver/template/portal/portal_body.html b/root/styles/prosilver/template/portal/portal_body.html
index 1bcaf7e1..68f66d5f 100644
--- a/root/styles/prosilver/template/portal/portal_body.html
+++ b/root/styles/prosilver/template/portal/portal_body.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	</div>
 <!-- ENDIF -->
 
-<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
+<table id="portal-body" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
 	<!-- IF S_TOP_COLUMN -->	
 	<tr>
 	<!-- [+] top module area -->
diff --git a/root/styles/prosilver/theme/portal.css b/root/styles/prosilver/theme/portal.css
index 90e56a9d..f125c450 100644
--- a/root/styles/prosilver/theme/portal.css
+++ b/root/styles/prosilver/theme/portal.css
@@ -59,4 +59,12 @@ span.portal-corners-top-inner, span.portal-corners-bottom-inner{
 {
 	border-top: 0px;
 	list-style-type: none;
+}
+
+/*
+* top spacing between portal body table and headerbar spacing is usually 10px
+* the headerbar's rounded corners already generate a padding of 5px so only 5px needed here
+*/
+#portal-body {
+	padding-top: 5px;
 }
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