diff --git a/core/css/fixes.css b/core/css/fixes.css
index f1dc016cad2cdcf63b00fba5130ea33af8dd806f..12daf2515794677de42ac5a27a19bb0ab17d5de7 100644
--- a/core/css/fixes.css
+++ b/core/css/fixes.css
@@ -91,3 +91,17 @@ select {
 	background-color: #24282F;
 }
 
+/* needed else IE8 will randomly hide the borders... */
+.ie8 table th#headerDate, table td.date,
+.ie8 table th.column-last, table td.column-last {
+	position: static;
+}
+
+.ie8 #controls {
+	background-color: white;
+}
+
+.ie8 #content-wrapper {
+	overflow-y: auto;
+}
+