diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 611cbe7..108a572 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -70,12 +70,15 @@
 
                 {{ content }}
 
+                <p class="clear">
                 </div>
                 <hr class="clear">
-                <span class="credits left"><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fgjankowiak.github.com{{ page.url | cgi_escape }}">Validate</a> HTML</span>
-                <span class="credits right">Hosted on GitHub Pages &mdash; Theme derived from <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/michigangraham">mattgraham</a> &mdash;
-                Powered by <a href="http://jekyllrb.com/">Jekyll</a>
-                </span>
+                <footer>
+                    <span class="credits left"><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fgjankowiak.github.com{{ page.url | cgi_escape }}">Validate</a> HTML</span>
+                    <span class="credits right">Hosted on GitHub Pages &mdash; Theme derived from <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/michigangraham">mattgraham</a> &mdash;
+                    Powered by <a href="http://jekyllrb.com/">Jekyll</a>
+                    </span>
+                </footer>
                 </section>
 
             </div><!-- wrapper -->
diff --git a/stylesheets/styles_light.css b/stylesheets/styles_light.css
index 3eaa29d..e7e75ef 100644
--- a/stylesheets/styles_light.css
+++ b/stylesheets/styles_light.css
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ body {
   margin: 0;
 }
 
+footer {
+    opacity: 0.7;
+}
+
 /* =============================================================================
    Links
    ========================================================================== */
@@ -820,6 +824,10 @@ table.submitted a {
     color: #77C;
 }
 
+#content {
+    margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
 #content h1 {
     border-left: 0.3em solid #77d;
     border-radius: 3px;