diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results-stdout/job-results-stdout.partial.html b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results-stdout/job-results-stdout.partial.html
index b0b3d85f10..c283d578f7 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results-stdout/job-results-stdout.partial.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/job-results/job-results-stdout/job-results-stdout.partial.html
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
             <div class="JobResultsStdOut-stdoutColumn JobResultsStdOut-stdoutColumn--tooMany"
                 ng-show="tooManyPastEvents">Too much previous output to display.  Showing running standard output.</div>
         </div>
+        <!-- next is 1 is a hack to get the first line to be put in the pane in the
+        right place -->
+        <div class="next_is_1"></div>
         <div id="followAnchor"
             class="JobResultsStdOut-followAnchor">
             <div class="JobResultsStdOut-toTop"