diff --git a/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.scss b/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.scss
index 1cb04e2f4..f08ca2a8a 100644
--- a/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.scss
+++ b/src/components/ion-tabs/ion-tabs.scss
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ core-ion-tab.show-tab {
 }
 
 .ios {
-    @include core-ion-tabs-statusbar-padding($toolbar-ios-height, $toolbar-ios-padding, $content-ios-padding, $cordova-ios-statusbar-padding, $cordova-ios-statusbar-padding-modal-max-width, true);
+    @include core-ion-tabs-statusbar-padding($toolbar-ios-height + 15, $toolbar-ios-padding, $content-ios-padding, $cordova-ios-statusbar-padding, $cordova-ios-statusbar-padding-modal-max-width, true);
 }
 
 .md {
diff --git a/src/components/split-view/split-view.scss b/src/components/split-view/split-view.scss
index a88d5cd97..ef7534bcb 100644
--- a/src/components/split-view/split-view.scss
+++ b/src/components/split-view/split-view.scss
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ core-split-view {
     ion-header {
         display: none;
     }
+    ion-content.statusbar-padding:first-child .scroll-content {
+        padding-top: 0 !important;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html b/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html
index 905800187..9471f649a 100644
--- a/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html
+++ b/src/core/course/components/format/core-course-format.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <core-dynamic-component [component]="courseFormatComponent" [data]="data">
     <!-- Course summary. By default we only display the course progress. -->
     <core-dynamic-component [component]="courseSummaryComponent" [data]="data">
-        <ion-list no-lines>
+        <ion-list no-lines *ngIf="course.imageThumb || (course.progress != null && course.progress >= 0)">
             <div *ngIf="course.imageThumb" class="core-course-thumb">
                 <img [src]="course.imageThumb" core-external-content alt=""/>
             </div>