diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index d3a00065436f2be2bb2d9c1f566d5a5393210c9d..1ea36dd815f05c3385cecc8b06e13e2fa75bbc16 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ interior code={ \path[tcb fill interior] ([xshift=-2mm]interior.west)
 
 \newenvironment{boxtable}[1][cL]
   {
+    \vspace{0.5em}
     \rowcolors{2}{}{gray!10}\needspace{2em}
     \par\noindent
     \scshape