diff --git a/R/add_header_above.R b/R/add_header_above.R
index 4ca0a33..90d018a 100644
--- a/R/add_header_above.R
+++ b/R/add_header_above.R
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     } else {
       paste0('<th style="text-align:center; border-bottom:hidden; ',
              'padding-bottom:0; padding-left:3px;padding-right:3px;" colspan="',
-             x[2], '"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;">',
+             x[2], '"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;padding-bottom: 5px;">',
              x[1], '</div></th>')
     }
   })
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/add_header_above_html.Rmd b/tests/visual_tests/add_header_above_html.Rmd
index 6ae7359..12c7eb9 100644
--- a/tests/visual_tests/add_header_above_html.Rmd
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/add_header_above_html.Rmd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 output: html_document
 ---
 
-# Plain LaTeX 
+# Test table 1
 ```{r}
 library(knitr)
 library(kableExtra)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   add_footnote(c("table footnote"))
 ```
 
-# Basic Bootstrap Table
+# Test table 2
 ```{r}
 kable(dt, format = "html") %>%
   kable_styling(full_width = F,