diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker.mustache b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker.mustache
index 12c382619e6..0b6c2f1f25c 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker.mustache
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
 <h3 class="mt-1">{{#str}}locatecompetency, tool_lp{{/str}}</h3>
 
 <form data-region="filtercompetencies" class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center" data-frameworkid="{{framework.id}}">
-    <div class="mb-3">
+    <div class="mb-3 d-flex">
         <label class="accesshide" for="filter{{uniqid}}">{{#str}}search, tool_lp{{/str}}</label>
         <input type="text" class="form-control" id="filter{{uniqid}}" placeholder="{{#str}}search, tool_lp{{/str}}" value="{{search}}">
-        <button class="btn btn-secondary">{{#pix}}a/search, ,{{#str}}search{{/str}}{{/pix}}</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-secondary ml-1">{{#pix}}a/search, ,{{#str}}search{{/str}}{{/pix}}</button>
     </div>
 </form>
 <ul data-enhance="linktree" style="display: none;" class="mt-1 competency-tree">
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_competencyform.mustache b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_competencyform.mustache
index e1a417a367d..cebfc8a69c6 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_competencyform.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_competencyform.mustache
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
 <h3>{{#str}}locatecompetency, tool_lp{{/str}}</h3>
 
 <form data-region="filtercompetencies" class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center" data-frameworkid="{{framework.id}}">
-    <div class="mb-3">
+    <div class="mb-3 d-flex">
         <label class="accesshide" for="filter{{uniqid}}">{{#str}}search, tool_lp{{/str}}</label>
         <input type="text" class="form-control" id="filter{{uniqid}}" placeholder="{{#str}}search, tool_lp{{/str}}" value="{{search}}">
-        <button class="btn btn-secondary">{{#pix}}a/search, ,{{#str}}search{{/str}}{{/pix}}</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-secondary ml-1">{{#pix}}a/search, ,{{#str}}search{{/str}}{{/pix}}</button>
     </div>
 </form>
 <ul data-enhance="linktree" style="display: none;" class="mt-1 competency-tree">
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_user_plans.mustache b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_user_plans.mustache
index 3e367b4cba5..d65979f2c82 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_user_plans.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_picker_user_plans.mustache
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
 <h3 class="mt-1">{{#str}}locatecompetency, tool_lp{{/str}}</h3>
 
 <form data-region="filtercompetencies" data-planid="{{plan.id}}" class="d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center">
-    <div class="mb-3">
+    <div class="mb-3 d-flex">
         <label class="accesshide" for="filter{{uniqid}}">{{#str}}search, tool_lp{{/str}}</label>
         <input type="text" class="form-control" id="filter{{uniqid}}" placeholder="{{#str}}search, tool_lp{{/str}}" value="{{search}}">
-        <button class="btn btn-secondary">{{#pix}}a/search, ,{{#str}}search{{/str}}{{/pix}}</button>
+        <button class="btn btn-secondary ml-1">{{#pix}}a/search, ,{{#str}}search{{/str}}{{/pix}}</button>
     </div>
 </form>