diff --git a/src/client/components/App.js b/src/client/components/App.js
index 8d2e08a5db3670ad45b68b87c609972649fc7a58..26cc7ffa590e1af360b978fcaf3babb55b06b427 100644
--- a/src/client/components/App.js
+++ b/src/client/components/App.js
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ const theme = createMuiTheme({
       tooltip: {
         fontSize: '1 rem'
       }
+    },
+    MuiExpansionPanel: {
+      root: {
+        '&$expanded': {
+          marginTop: 8,
+          marginBottom: 8
+        }
+
+      }
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js b/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js
index cee93f71f49fb134d1378328f44c21bc5f0fb7cd..fd91c4597609818ff87df4418d67633a64aacc27 100644
--- a/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js
+++ b/src/client/components/facet_bar/FacetBar.js
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ const styles = theme => ({
     borderBottomLeftRadius: 0,
     borderBottomRightRadius: 0
   },
-  expansionPanelRoot: {
-    margin: 0,
-    //marginBottom: theme.spacing(1)
-  },
-  expansionPanelRootExpanded: {
-    margin: theme.spacing(1),
-    //marginBottom: theme.spacing(1)
-  },
   expansionPanelSummaryRoot: {
     paddingLeft: theme.spacing(1),
     cursor: 'default !important'
@@ -167,10 +159,6 @@ class FacetBar extends React.Component {
       <ExpansionPanel
         key={facetID}
         expanded={isActive}
-        classes={{
-          root: classes.expansionPanelRoot,
-          expanded: classes.expansionPanelRootExpanded
-        }}
       >
         <ExpansionPanelSummary
           classes={{