diff --git a/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.module.scss b/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.module.scss
index d8a0fa355..f0e766a89 100644
--- a/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.module.scss
+++ b/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.module.scss
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 .badge {
   font-family: var(--theme-text-display-font-family);
   font-weight: 500;
-  font-size: 0.4em;
+  font-size: 0.6rem;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  padding: 2px;
+  padding: 1px;
+  padding-top: 0px;
   border-radius: 3px;
   border-width: 1px;
   border-style: solid;
diff --git a/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.tsx b/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.tsx
index 9a4e2aa07..7d02fb0ef 100644
--- a/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.tsx
+++ b/web/components/chat/ChatUserBadge/ChatUserBadge.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import React from 'react';
 import s from './ChatUserBadge.module.scss';
 
 interface Props {
-  badge: string;
+  badge: React.ReactNode;
   userColor: number;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/components/chat/ChatUserMessage/ChatUserMessage.tsx b/web/components/chat/ChatUserMessage/ChatUserMessage.tsx
index 229aa378d..d57d6e625 100644
--- a/web/components/chat/ChatUserMessage/ChatUserMessage.tsx
+++ b/web/components/chat/ChatUserMessage/ChatUserMessage.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Highlight } from 'react-highlighter-ts';
 import he from 'he';
 import cn from 'classnames';
 import { Tooltip } from 'antd';
+import { LinkOutlined } from '@ant-design/icons';
 import s from './ChatUserMessage.module.scss';
 import { formatTimestamp } from './messageFmt';
 import { ChatMessage } from '../../../interfaces/chat-message.model';
@@ -36,10 +37,19 @@ export default function ChatUserMessage({
   const formattedTimestamp = `Sent ${formatTimestamp(timestamp)}`;
   const [formattedMessage, setFormattedMessage] = useState<string>(body);
 
-  const badgeStrings = [isAuthorModerator && 'mod', isAuthorAuthenticated && 'auth'];
-  const badges = badgeStrings
-    .filter(badge => !!badge)
-    .map(badge => <ChatUserBadge key={badge} badge={badge} userColor={displayColor} />);
+  const badgeNodes = [];
+  if (isAuthorModerator) {
+    badgeNodes.push(<ChatUserBadge key="mod" badge="mod" userColor={displayColor} />);
+  }
+  if (isAuthorAuthenticated) {
+    badgeNodes.push(
+      <ChatUserBadge
+        key="auth"
+        badge={<LinkOutlined title="authenticated" />}
+        userColor={displayColor}
+      />,
+    );
+  }
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setFormattedMessage(he.decode(body));
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@ export default function ChatUserMessage({
           <Tooltip title="user info goes here" placement="topLeft" mouseEnterDelay={1}>
             <div className={s.user} style={{ color }}>
               <span className={s.userName}>{displayName}</span>
-              <span>{badges}</span>
+              <span>{badgeNodes}</span>
             </div>
           </Tooltip>
         )}