diff --git a/layout.sty b/layout.sty
index 69f5384b101a5fb391e166491658adbe0399076e..44b19874a1312c0bf0fa98ff107329e24ab1e128 100644
--- a/layout.sty
+++ b/layout.sty
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ interior code={ \path[tcb fill interior] ([xshift=-2mm]interior.west)
 
 \newtcolorbox{boxtext}[1][]{
   colback=white,
-  before={\noindent},
+  before={\vspace{.5em}\noindent},
   fonttitle={\scshape #1},
   before upper={\afterparnoindent},
   after={\afterparnoindent},