diff --git a/src/m_menu.c b/src/m_menu.c
index 8f36dca0..d79ed417 100644
--- a/src/m_menu.c
+++ b/src/m_menu.c
@@ -2151,6 +2151,11 @@ static void M_DrawTabs(void)
 
     for (int i = 0; tabs[i].text; ++i)
     {
+        if (i)
+        {
+            width += M_TAB_OFFSET;
+        }
+
         mrect_t *rect = &tabs[i].rect;
         if (!rect->w)
         {
@@ -2158,7 +2163,7 @@ static void M_DrawTabs(void)
             rect->y = M_TAB_Y;
             rect->h = M_SPC;
         }
-        width += rect->w + M_TAB_OFFSET;
+        width += rect->w;
     }
 
     int x = (SCREENWIDTH - width) / 2;
@@ -2167,7 +2172,11 @@ static void M_DrawTabs(void)
     {
         mrect_t *rect = &tabs[i].rect;
 
-        x += M_TAB_OFFSET;
+        if (i)
+        {
+            x += M_TAB_OFFSET;
+        }
+
         menu_buffer[0] = '\0';
         strcpy(menu_buffer, tabs[i].text);
         M_DrawMenuStringEx(tabs[i].flags, x, rect->y, CR_GOLD);