diff --git a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/browse-nav/_browse-data-systems.scss b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/browse-nav/_browse-data-systems.scss
index 30976afa11..ec4b583742 100644
--- a/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/browse-nav/_browse-data-systems.scss
+++ b/wherehows-web/app/styles/components/browse-nav/_browse-data-systems.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 .data-systems-container {
-  margin-top: item-spacing(5);
+  // additional offset to compensate for browser lack of respect for the margin-top value on the breadcrumbs component
+  // margin-top value overlaps container padding
+  // not an ideal solution
+  $breadcrumbs-margin-offset: 5px;
+  margin-top: item-spacing(5) + $breadcrumbs-margin-offset;
 }
 
 .data-systems {