diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index e1c0a4882b0f4a973de83039ca9b8bf3f7cc9b70..cc46921d572bc3cd4f8e83dcf37ef5e7ff9e8a60 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
           ]
            at ($ (current page.north east) + (-0cm,-2*\thechapshift cm) $)
            {\rotatebox{90}{\hspace*{.3cm}\parbox[c][1.5cm][t]{3.4cm}{%
-           \raggedright\textcolor{white}{\scshape\rightmark}}}};
+           \raggedright\vspace*{0.2cm}\textcolor{white}{\scshape\rightmark}}}};
         \end{tikzpicture}%
       }%
     }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         ]
         at ($ (current page.north west) + (-0cm,-2*\thechapshift cm) $)
         {\rotatebox{90}{\hspace*{.3cm}\parbox[c][1.5cm][t]{3.4cm}{%
-          \raggedright\textcolor{white}{\scshape\leftmark}}}};
+          \raggedright\flushright\textcolor{white}{\scshape\leftmark}}}};
         \end{tikzpicture}%
       }%
     }