diff --git a/templates/user/dashboard/dashboard.tmpl b/templates/user/dashboard/dashboard.tmpl
index d4553ea61..030fd4994 100644
--- a/templates/user/dashboard/dashboard.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/dashboard/dashboard.tmpl
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 {{template "base/head" .}}
 <div role="main" aria-label="{{.Title}}" class="page-content dashboard feeds">
 	{{template "user/dashboard/navbar" .}}
-	<div class="ui container">
+	<div class="ui container flex-container">
 		{{template "base/alert" .}}
-		<div class="ui mobile reversed stackable grid">
-			<div class="ui container ten wide column">
-				{{template "user/heatmap" .}}
-				{{template "user/dashboard/feeds" .}}
-			</div>
-			{{template "user/dashboard/repolist" .}}
+		<div class="flex-container-main">
+			{{template "user/heatmap" .}}
+			{{template "user/dashboard/feeds" .}}
 		</div>
+		{{template "user/dashboard/repolist" .}}
 	</div>
 </div>
 {{template "base/footer" .}}
diff --git a/templates/user/dashboard/repolist.tmpl b/templates/user/dashboard/repolist.tmpl
index 34f9b67f8..2781f710e 100644
--- a/templates/user/dashboard/repolist.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/dashboard/repolist.tmpl
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ data.organizationId = {{.ContextUser.ID}};
 window.config.pageData.dashboardRepoList = data;
 </script>
 
-<div id="dashboard-repo-list" class="six wide column"></div>
+<div id="dashboard-repo-list" class="flex-container-sidebar"></div>
diff --git a/web_src/css/modules/flexcontainer.css b/web_src/css/modules/flexcontainer.css
index 1ca513687..5d4e12cc1 100644
--- a/web_src/css/modules/flexcontainer.css
+++ b/web_src/css/modules/flexcontainer.css
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
   margin-top: var(--page-spacing);
 }
 
+/* small options menu on the left, used in settings/admin pages */
 .flex-container-nav {
   width: 240px;
 }
 
+/* wide sidebar on the right, used in frontpage */
+.flex-container-sidebar {
+  width: 35%;
+}
+
 .flex-container-main {
   flex: 1;
   min-width: 0; /* make the "text truncate" work, otherwise the flex axis is not limited and the text just overflows */
@@ -19,7 +25,9 @@
   .flex-container {
     flex-direction: column;
   }
-  .flex-container-nav {
+  .flex-container-nav,
+  .flex-container-sidebar {
+    order: -1;
     width: auto;
   }
 }