diff --git a/frontend/components/StatusIndicator/_styles.scss b/frontend/components/StatusIndicator/_styles.scss
index aee6b51567..a92e3eb803 100644
--- a/frontend/components/StatusIndicator/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/components/StatusIndicator/_styles.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
   align-items: center;
   color: $core-fleet-blue;
 
+  ::first-letter {
+    text-transform: capitalize;
+  }
+
   &:before {
     border-radius: 100%;
     content: " ";
diff --git a/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/_styles.scss b/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/_styles.scss
index ea958e3924..8bad872b93 100644
--- a/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/_styles.scss
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ $shadow-transition-width: 10px;
         }
         .link-cell,
         .text-cell {
+          display: block; // inline-block is not vertically centered
           overflow: hidden;
           white-space: nowrap;
           text-overflow: ellipsis;
@@ -223,11 +224,7 @@ $shadow-transition-width: 10px;
             white-space: normal;
           }
         }
-        .text-cell {
-          display: inline-block;
-        }
         .link-cell {
-          display: block;
           padding: $pad-small 0; // larger clickable area
 
           &:hover {