diff --git a/aio/src/styles/1-layouts/_sidenav.scss b/aio/src/styles/1-layouts/_sidenav.scss
index 169932257a..880b27f0ae 100644
--- a/aio/src/styles/1-layouts/_sidenav.scss
+++ b/aio/src/styles/1-layouts/_sidenav.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 aio-nav-menu {
   display: block;
-  padding: 16px 0 0;
   margin: 0 auto;
   font-size: 13px;
   ul, a {
@@ -18,6 +17,10 @@ aio-nav-menu {
     margin: 0;
   }
 
+  &:first-child {
+    margin-top: 16px;
+  }
+
   aio-nav-item div a {
     padding-left: 16px;
   }