diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/_filter.html.haml
index 4b91291caf4879459c7c42f6e1bff63e42e75194..5a3d689d1e5ce42887a7639b38d2ef4b4d411605 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/projects/_filter.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/_filter.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     .form-group
       = search_field_tag :search, params[:search], placeholder: "Filter by name", class: "form-control search-text-input", id: "projects_search"
     .form-group
-      = button_tag 'Search', class: "btn btn-primary wide"
+      = button_tag 'Search', class: "btn btn-success"
 
 .pull-right.hidden-sm.hidden-xs
   - if current_user
diff --git a/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml b/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml
index 0cfdf5cfd15a7bf2d494605cc8b1226f80e1b782..9df5b3830a8cb8bcb55db70bfce931283ac65b5b 100644
--- a/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/explore/projects/index.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 - page_title "Projects"
 - if current_user
   = render 'dashboard/projects_head'
-.clearfix
+.gray-content-block.clearfix
   = render 'filter'
-%br
 = render 'projects', projects: @projects
 = paginate @projects, theme: "gitlab"