diff --git a/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_dashboard.scss b/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_dashboard.scss
index e9d8663a59..5172981661 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_dashboard.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/multicourse/_dashboard.scss
@@ -857,13 +857,16 @@
   // status - language
   .status-language {
 
-    .icon, .title {
-      display: inline-block !important; // needed for LMS horrible specificity
+    .icon {
+      @include font-size(17);
+      display: inline-block;
       vertical-align: middle;
+      margin-right: ($baseline/4);
+      color: $black;
     }
 
-    .icon {
-      margin-right: ($baseline/4);
+    .title .icon {
+      opacity: 0.75; // needed to overcome bad specificity elsewhere
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_info_language.html b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_info_language.html
index 912b55c18c..80a6c0220e 100644
--- a/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_info_language.html
+++ b/lms/templates/dashboard/_dashboard_info_language.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 <%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
 
 <li class="status status-language">
-  <i class="icon icon-flag-alt"></i>
   <span class="title status-title">
+    <i class="icon icon-flag-alt"></i>
     ${_("Preferred Language")}
     (<a href="#change_language" rel="leanModal" class="edit-language">${_("edit")}</a>)
   </span>