diff --git a/public/css/tasks.styl b/public/css/tasks.styl
index c9e96e4359..9b2facd784 100644
--- a/public/css/tasks.styl
+++ b/public/css/tasks.styl
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ for $stage in $stages
 .popover
   line-height: 1.5
 
+  // prevent box-shadow from being clipped/overlapped
+  margin-bottom: 10px
+  margin-right: 5px
+
 // task editing
 // ------------
 form