lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 5c536228efb85271d0a8a82b5da91db68cb880d4..c53e2e17b1c146caadff74b06e03435d4b29d5de 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -809,9 +809,9 @@ 		my ($mid, $u, $ts) = @{delete $latest->{$topic}};
 		$mid = PublicInbox::Hval->new($mid)->as_href;
 		$subj = PublicInbox::Hval->new($subj)->as_html;
 		$u = PublicInbox::Hval->new($u)->as_html;
-		$pfx = INDENT x $level;
+		$pfx = INDENT x ($level - 1);
 		my $nl = $level == $prev ? "\n" : '';
-		my $dot = $level == 0 ? '' : '`';
+		my $dot = $level == 0 ? '' : '` ';
 		$dst .= "$nl$pfx$dot<a\nhref=\"$mid/t/#u\"><b>$subj</b></a>\n";
 
 		my $attr;