diff --git a/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.scss b/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.scss
index fe24f9274..108137e49 100644
--- a/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.scss
+++ b/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.scss
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $background: #fff;
         box-sizing: content-box;
         height: 300px;
         padding-bottom: 10px;
-        padding-top: 0;
+        padding-top: 10px;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.ts b/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.ts
index 36bbca4bb..12ab74d82 100644
--- a/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/shared/components/forms/markdown-editor.component.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class MarkdownEditorComponent extends StatefulControlComponent<State, str
                 },
                 autoDownloadFontAwesome: true,
                 spellChecker: false,
-                status: true,
+                status: ['lines', 'words', 'cursor'],
                 toolbar: [
                     {
                         name: 'bold',