diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/embedded_post.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/embedded_post.js.handlebars
index 8c1e7d6f8b..76da62dcae 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/embedded_post.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/embedded_post.js.handlebars
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class='topic-meta-data span2'>
     <div class='contents'>
       <div>
-        <a href='/users/{{unbound username}}'>{{avatar this imageSize="medium"}}</a>
+        <a href='/users/{{unbound username}}'>{{avatar this imageSize="large"}}</a>
       </div>
       <h5 {{bindAttr class="staff new_user"}}><a href='{{unbound usernameUrl}}'>{{breakUp username}}</a></h5>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-post.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-post.css.scss
index 14c5197344..806e10ae36 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-post.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-post.css.scss
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
           background-color: transparent;
           @include box-shadow(none);
           h5 {
-            margin-top: 1px;
+            margin-top: 5px;
             font-size: 11px;
             line-height: 13px;
           }