diff --git a/php/libraries/LorisForm.class.inc b/php/libraries/LorisForm.class.inc
index 8a3211d37e8..d586738c036 100644
--- a/php/libraries/LorisForm.class.inc
+++ b/php/libraries/LorisForm.class.inc
@@ -1607,13 +1607,13 @@ class LorisForm
         }
         /// XXX: There seems to be a problem when using   to separate the
         //  checkbox from the label. Both Firefox and Chrome will still put a
-        //  linebreak between the space and the checkbox. Instead, we wrap use
+        //  linebreak between the space and the checkbox. Instead, we use
         //  CSS to wrap the tag which avoids the label from being separated from the
         //  checkbox. We don't wrap the whole label in it because if it's a long
         //  label it's still allowed to have linebreaks.
-        return "<span style=\"white-space: nowrap\"><input name=\"$el[name]\""
-            . " type=\"checkbox\" $checked $value "
-            . "$disabled $required/>"
+        return "<span style='white-space: nowrap;vertical-align: middle;'>"
+            . "<input name='$el[name]' type='checkbox' $checked $value "
+            . "$disabled $required style='vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0'/>"
             . " </span>$el[label]";
     }