diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/umbtreeitem.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/umbtreeitem.directive.js
index c46bca74a5..88424a3152 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/umbtreeitem.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/umbtreeitem.directive.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ angular.module("umbraco.directives")
             '<div ng-class="getNodeCssClass(node)" ng-swipe-right="options(node, $event)" >' +
             //NOTE: This ins element is used to display the search icon if the node is a container/listview and the tree is currently in dialog
             //'<ins ng-if="tree.enablelistviewsearch && node.metaData.isContainer" class="umb-tree-node-search icon-search" ng-click="searchNode(node, $event)" alt="searchAltText"></ins>' + 
-            '<ins ng-class="{\'icon-navigation-right\': !node.expanded, \'icon-navigation-down\': node.expanded}" ng-click="load(node)"></ins>' +
+            '<ins ng-class="{\'icon-navigation-right\': !node.expanded, \'icon-navigation-down\': node.expanded}" ng-click="load(node)">&nbsp;</ins>' +
             '<i class="icon umb-tree-icon sprTree"></i>' +
             '<a ng-click="select(node, $event)"></a>' +
             //NOTE: These are the 'option' elipses