diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py
index c14b285173..22b989a5f3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/ui.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow):
         self.status_bar.addPermanentWidget(self.boss.save_manager.status_widget)
         self.cursor_position_widget = CursorPositionWidget(self)
         self.status_bar.addPermanentWidget(self.cursor_position_widget)
-        self.status_bar_default_msg = la = QLabel(_('{0} {1} created by {2}').format(__appname__, get_version(), 'Kovid Goyal'))
+        self.status_bar_default_msg = la = QLabel(' ' + _('{0} {1} created by {2}').format(__appname__, get_version(), 'Kovid Goyal'))
         la.base_template = unicode(la.text())
         self.status_bar.addWidget(la)
         f = self.status_bar.font()