diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
index 4e469f73d..eefcdfe10 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session.tsx
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ export default function Page() {
   }
 
   const emptyTurn = () => (
-    <div class="h-full pb-64 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6">
+    <div class="h-full pb-64 -mt-4 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6">
       <div class="text-14-regular text-text-weak max-w-56">{language.t("session.review.noChanges")}</div>
     </div>
   )
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ export default function Page() {
           diffStyle: layout.review.diffStyle(),
           onDiffStyleChange: layout.review.setDiffStyle,
           loadingClass: "px-6 py-4 text-text-weak",
-          emptyClass: "h-full pb-64 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6",
+          emptyClass: "h-full pb-64 -mt-4 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6",
         })}
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ export default function Page() {
                         container: "px-4",
                       },
                       loadingClass: "px-4 py-4 text-text-weak",
-                      emptyClass: "h-full pb-64 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6",
+                      emptyClass: "h-full pb-64 -mt-4 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6",
                     })}
                     scroll={ui.scroll}
                     onResumeScroll={resumeScroll}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/session/session-side-panel.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/session/session-side-panel.tsx
index 09363918b..a5e067c6f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/session/session-side-panel.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/session/session-side-panel.tsx
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export function SessionSidePanel(props: {
 
   const empty = (msg: string) => (
     <div class="h-full flex flex-col">
-      <div class="h-12 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
+      <div class="h-6 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
       <div class="flex-1 pb-64 flex items-center justify-center text-center">
         <div class="text-12-regular text-text-weak">{msg}</div>
       </div>
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ export function SessionSidePanel(props: {
                   <Tabs.Content value="empty" class="flex flex-col h-full overflow-hidden contain-strict">
                     <Show when={activeTab() === "empty"}>
                       <div class="relative pt-2 flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
-                        <div class="h-full px-6 pb-42 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6">
+                        <div class="h-full px-6 pb-42 -mt-4 flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center gap-6">
                           <Mark class="w-14 opacity-10" />
                           <div class="text-14-regular text-text-weak max-w-56">
                             {language.t("session.files.selectToOpen")}
@@ -424,7 +424,11 @@ export function SessionSidePanel(props: {
                         />
                       </Show>
                     </Match>
-                    <Match when={true}>{empty(language.t(reviewEmptyKey()))}</Match>
+                    <Match when={true}>
+                      {empty(
+                        language.t(sync.project && !sync.project.vcs ? "session.review.noChanges" : reviewEmptyKey()),
+                      )}
+                    </Match>
                   </Switch>
                 </Tabs.Content>
                 <Tabs.Content value="all" class="bg-background-stronger px-3 py-0">