diff --git a/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue b/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
index 20dea4f9..7628ceaa 100644
--- a/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
+++ b/src/components/conversation/conversation.vue
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 
 .Conversation {
   .conversation-dive-to-top-level-box {
-    padding: $status-margin;
+    padding: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
     border-bottom-width: 1px;
     border-bottom-style: solid;
     border-bottom-color: var(--border, $fallback--border);
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
   }
 
   .thread-ancestors {
-    margin-left: $status-margin;
+    margin-left: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
     border-left: 2px solid var(--border, $fallback--border);
   }
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     color: var(--text);
   }
   .thread-ancestor-dive-box {
-    padding-left: $status-margin;
+    padding-left: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
     border-bottom-width: 1px;
     border-bottom-style: solid;
     border-bottom-color: var(--border, $fallback--border);
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
     }
   }
   .thread-ancestor-dive-box-inner {
-    padding: $status-margin;
+    padding: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
   }
 
   .conversation-status {
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.scss b/src/components/status/status.scss
index 80bc392d..3f647b25 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.scss
+++ b/src/components/status/status.scss
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   }
 
   .gravestone {
-    padding: $status-margin;
+    padding: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
     color: $fallback--faint;
     color: var(--faint, $fallback--faint);
     display: flex;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
   .status-container {
     display: flex;
-    padding: $status-margin;
+    padding: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
 
     &.-repeat {
       padding-top: 0;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   }
 
   .pin {
-    padding: $status-margin $status-margin 0;
+    padding: var(--status-margin, $status-margin) var(--status-margin, $status-margin) 0;
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: flex-end;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   }
 
   .left-side {
-    margin-right: $status-margin;
+    margin-right: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
   }
 
   .right-side {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   }
 
   .usercard {
-    margin-bottom: $status-margin;
+    margin-bottom: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
   }
 
   .status-username {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
   }
 
   .repeat-info {
-    padding: 0.4em $status-margin;
+    padding: 0.4em var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
 
     .repeat-icon {
       color: $fallback--cGreen;
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
     position: relative;
     width: 100%;
     display: flex;
-    margin-top: $status-margin;
+    margin-top: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
 
     > * {
       max-width: 4em;
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
   }
 
   .favs-repeated-users {
-    margin-top: $status-margin;
+    margin-top: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
   }
 
   .stats {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
   }
 
   .stat-count {
-    margin-right: $status-margin;
+    margin-right: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
     user-select: none;
 
     .stat-title {
diff --git a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
index 0a09cda4..9e7d7956 100644
--- a/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_content/status_content.vue
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
 
 <script src="./status_content.js" ></script>
 <style lang="scss">
-@import '../../_variables.scss';
-
-$status-margin: 0.75em;
-
 .StatusContent {
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 0;
diff --git a/src/components/thread_tree/thread_tree.vue b/src/components/thread_tree/thread_tree.vue
index a29a5bef..e64455e0 100644
--- a/src/components/thread_tree/thread_tree.vue
+++ b/src/components/thread_tree/thread_tree.vue
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@
 <style lang="scss">
 @import '../../_variables.scss';
 .thread-tree-replies {
-  margin-left: $status-margin;
+  margin-left: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
   border-left: 2px solid var(--border, $fallback--border);
 }
 
 .thread-tree-replies-hidden {
-  padding: $status-margin;
+  padding: var(--status-margin, $status-margin);
   /* Make the button stretch along the whole row */
   display: flex;
   align-items: stretch;