diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/media/markdown.css b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/media/markdown.css
index f908729309..c3f6219d56 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/media/markdown.css
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/media/markdown.css
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 .notebook-preview {
 	font-size: 14px;
-	line-height: 22px;
-	min-height: 22px;
 	word-wrap: break-word;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css
index fe2174d2ea..a61f28df51 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ text-cell-component {
 text-cell-component .notebook-text {
 	display: flex;
 	outline: none;
+	min-height: 50px;
 }
 text-cell-component code-component {
 	flex-direction: column;
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ text-cell-component .notebook-preview {
 	user-select: none;
 	width: 100%;
 	outline: none;
+	padding-top: 14px;
+}
+text-cell-component .notebook-preview > *:first-child {
+	margin-top: 0;
+	padding-top: 0;
 }
 text-cell-component .show-markdown.show-preview code-component {
 	width: 50%