diff --git a/apps/files/css/files.css b/apps/files/css/files.css
index 498e34d70d4b080e357a30d8e55294ef6ca950f2..02a73ba83e518ef2c377c2164c8f7f49dac1134b 100644
--- a/apps/files/css/files.css
+++ b/apps/files/css/files.css
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@
 
 /* FILE TABLE */
 
-#emptyfolder {
-	position:absolute;
-	margin:10em 0 0 10em;
-	font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold;
-	color:#888; text-shadow:#fff 0 1px 0;
-}
 #filestable { position: relative; top:37px; width:100%; }
 tbody tr { background-color:#fff; height:2.5em; }
 tbody tr:hover, tbody tr:active {
diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 05e31094502eae0b84efd7329f2234ad322d4ef7..29be5e0d3625d9c1d31e68e7cad5a9795d7e5199 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ var FileList={
 		$('tr').filterAttr('data-file',name).remove();
 		FileList.updateFileSummary();
 		if($('tr[data-file]').length==0){
-			$('#emptyfolder').show();
+			$('#emptycontent').show();
 		}
 	},
 	insertElement:function(name,type,element){
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ var FileList={
 		}else{
 			$('#fileList').append(element);
 		}
-		$('#emptyfolder').hide();
+		$('#emptycontent').hide();
 		FileList.updateFileSummary();
 	},
 	loadingDone:function(name, id){
diff --git a/apps/files/templates/index.php b/apps/files/templates/index.php
index 2f7e0af4f28c43a6f47143ed8a30074a318bdeda..24cb8c2fe58d20e5421023d9f53ffb01ae580b11 100644
--- a/apps/files/templates/index.php
+++ b/apps/files/templates/index.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <?php if (isset($_['files']) and $_['isCreatable'] and count($_['files'])==0):?>
-	<div id="emptyfolder"><?php p($l->t('Nothing in here. Upload something!'))?></div>
+	<div id="emptycontent"><?php p($l->t('Nothing in here. Upload something!'))?></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <table id="filestable" data-allow-public-upload="<?php p($_['publicUploadEnabled'])?>" data-preview-x="36" data-preview-y="36">
diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/templates/index.php b/apps/files_trashbin/templates/index.php
index 371765fa69a658783cef13020e8d8d5d167fe531..88c32b1f3ebeee2f7eb397dd42cfa1625c71b47d 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/templates/index.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/templates/index.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <div id='notification'></div>
 
 <?php if (isset($_['files']) && count($_['files']) === 0 && $_['dirlisting'] === false):?>
-	<div id="emptyfolder"><?php p($l->t('Nothing in here. Your trash bin is empty!'))?></div>
+	<div id="emptycontent"><?php p($l->t('Nothing in here. Your trash bin is empty!'))?></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <table id="filestable">
diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index 85f65a2f42709acf74aa9d3b9ea4cfa55a61942c..ea1733a3446242df2af87692f03a6496b41b70ed 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -177,7 +177,14 @@ input[type="submit"].enabled { background:#66f866; border:1px solid #5e5; -moz-b
 #leftcontent a { height:100%; display:block; margin:0; padding:0 1em 0 0; float:left; }
 #rightcontent, .rightcontent { position:fixed; top:6.4em; left:24.5em; overflow:auto }
 
-
+#emptycontent {
+	font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold;
+	color:#888; text-shadow:#fff 0 1px 0;
+	position: absolute;
+	text-align: center;
+	top: 50%;
+	width: 100%;
+}
 
 
 /* LOG IN & INSTALLATION ------------------------------------------------------------ */