diff --git a/css/styles.css b/css/styles.css
index 0cbd381..5994f79 100644
--- a/css/styles.css
+++ b/css/styles.css
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* centers the website */
 html {
+	max-width: 1200px;
+    margin: auto;
     background: rgb(18,24,217);
     background-color: rgba(18,24,217);
     background: url(../images/bg.gif) repeat 0 0;
-    max-width: 1200px;
-    margin: auto;
 }
 
 #spike {
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ a:active {
 }
 
 .menu {
-	display: inline-block;
+	display: flex;
 	font-weight: bold;
-    margin-top: 5.3%;
-	margin-left: 1%;
+    margin-top: -1.9%;
+	margin-left: 12%;
 }
 
 /* Add spacing between child elements using margins */
diff --git a/pages/header.html b/pages/header.html
index bf3279c..58fd8f1 100644
--- a/pages/header.html
+++ b/pages/header.html
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
         <div class="header">
             <a href="/" aria-label="patate.dev"><img alt="Spike" src="/images/spike.jpg" id="spike" width="125.583" height="95.6833"></a>
             <div class="menu">
-                <p></p>
                 <a href="/pages/blog.html" aria-label="the blog"> the blog</a>
                 <a href="//github.com/ALittlePatate" aria-label="github">github</a>
                 <a href="/gpg/key.txt" aria-label="gpg key">gpg key</a>