diff --git a/app/views/issues/_list.html.erb b/app/views/issues/_list.html.erb
index e774883..e6a6a5f 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/_list.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/_list.html.erb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <tr class="group open">
       <td colspan="<%= query.columns.size + 2 %>">
         <span class="expander" onclick="toggleRowGroup(this);">&nbsp;</span>
-        <%= group.blank? ? 'None' : column_content(@query.group_by_column, issue) %> <span class="count">(<%= @issue_count_by_group[group] %>)</span>
+        <%= group.blank? ? 'None' : column_content(@query.group_by_column, issue) %> <span class="count"><%= @issue_count_by_group[group] %></span>
         <%= link_to_function("#{l(:button_collapse_all)}/#{l(:button_expand_all)}",
                              "toggleAllRowGroups(this)", :class => 'toggle-all') %>
       </td>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index c6b68df..97b3d03 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ table.plugins span.description { display: block; font-size: 0.9em; }
 table.plugins span.url { display: block; font-size: 0.9em; }
 
 table.list tbody tr.group td { padding: 0.8em 0 0.5em 0.3em; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; }
-table.list tbody tr.group span.count { color: #aaa; font-size: 80%; }
+table.list tbody tr.group span.count {position:relative; top:-1px; color:#fff; font-size:10px; background:#9DB9D5; padding:0px 6px 1px 6px; border-radius:3px; margin-left:4px;}
 tr.group a.toggle-all { color: #aaa; font-size: 80%; font-weight: normal; display:none;}
 tr.group:hover a.toggle-all { display:inline;}
 a.toggle-all:hover {text-decoration:none;}