diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index 75791378ad852482be80182b56f7c347883ad36c..c1f42b457ed1d14d012e8c06fe98f60a43953665 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -622,6 +622,12 @@ label.infield {
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+/* fixes for update page TODO should be fixed some time in a proper way */
+/* this is just for an error while updating the ownCloud instance */
+#body-login .updateProgress .error {
+	margin-top: 10px;
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
 
 /* Alternative Logins */
 #alternative-logins legend { margin-bottom:10px; }