diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 8e0b02a97..58f688017 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
               box-sizing: border-box;
               -moz-box-sizing: border-box;   
               padding: 0 45px 0 10px;
+              *padding: 0; /* IE7 hack */
               width: 100%;
               height: 100%;
               outline: none;