diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index 30080cc..3306cff 100755
--- a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function print_mailboxes() {
 #        echo -n "^fg($mailcolor)^ro(${tag_width}x$height)^fg()$separator"
     done
     mailtxt_only=$(echo -n "$mailtxt" | sed 's.\^[^(]*([^)]*)..g')
-    let mailtxt_width=$(textwidth "$font" "$mailtxt_only")
+    let mailtxt_width=$(textwidth "$font" "$mailtxt_only")+5
     echo -n "^p(_RIGHT)^p(-$mailtxt_width)$mailtxt"
 }