diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 210b7fef8..358763c36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 This release fixes the following bugs:
 
-* [Fix typo in English translation](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/commit/c94edb6bb01933f6dae2cfb61bef0d43d7588414).
+* [Fix typo in English translation](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/pull/1710);
+* [Fix vertical align of user avatar initials](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/pull/1714).
 
-Thanks to GitHub user zypA13510 for contributions.
+Thanks to GitHub users pravdomil and zypA13510 for their contributions.
 
 # v1.07 2018-06-14 Wekan release
 
diff --git a/client/components/users/userAvatar.jade b/client/components/users/userAvatar.jade
index 83e2c8d09..df2ac4619 100644
--- a/client/components/users/userAvatar.jade
+++ b/client/components/users/userAvatar.jade
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ template(name="userAvatar")
 
 template(name="userAvatarInitials")
   svg.avatar.avatar-initials(viewBox="0 0 {{viewPortWidth}} 15")
-    text(x="50%" y="13" text-anchor="middle")= initials
+    text(x="50%" y="50%" text-anchor="middle" alignment-baseline="central")= initials
 
 template(name="userPopup")
   .board-member-menu