diff --git a/IPython/html/static/tree/less/altuploadform.less b/IPython/html/static/tree/less/altuploadform.less
index bc107ff..be608cf 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/tree/less/altuploadform.less
+++ b/IPython/html/static/tree/less/altuploadform.less
@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
 /* We need an invisible input field on top of the sentense*/
 /* "Drag file onto the list ..." */
 
-.alternate_upload
-{
+.alternate_upload {
     background-color:none;
     display: inline;
-}
 
-.alternate_upload.form
-{
-    padding: 0;
-    margin:0;
-}
+    &.form
+    {
+        padding: 0;
+        margin:0;
+    }
 
-.alternate_upload input.fileinput
-{
-    display: inline;
-    opacity: 0;
-    z-index: 2;
-    width: 12ex;
-    margin-right: -12ex;
-}
+    input.fileinput
+    {
+        display: inline;
+        opacity: 0;
+        z-index: 2;
+        width: 12ex;
+        margin-right: -12ex;
+    }
 
-.alternate_upload .input-overlay {
-    display: inline-block;
-    font-weight: bold;
-    line-height:1em;
+    .btn-upload {
+        height: @btn_mini_height;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/tree/less/tree.less b/IPython/html/static/tree/less/tree.less
index ba2236e..1d8b246 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/tree/less/tree.less
+++ b/IPython/html/static/tree/less/tree.less
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ ul.breadcrumb {
 }
 
 .dynamic-buttons {
+    padding-top: @dashboard_tb_pad - 1px;
     display: inline-block;
 }
 
diff --git a/IPython/html/templates/tree.html b/IPython/html/templates/tree.html
index fa22adc..c95dc63 100644
--- a/IPython/html/templates/tree.html
+++ b/IPython/html/templates/tree.html
@@ -25,24 +25,23 @@ data-terminals-available="{{terminals_available}}"
         <div id="notebooks" class="tab-pane active">
           <div id="notebook_toolbar" class="row">
             <div class="col-sm-8 no-padding">
-              <form id='alternate_upload'  class='alternate_upload'>
-                <span id="notebook_list_info">
-                To import a notebook, drag the file onto the listing below or
-                <span class="input-overlay">
-                <input type="file" name="datafile" class="fileinput" multiple='multiple'>
-                click here.
-                </span>
-                </span>
-              </form>
+              <div class="dynamic-buttons">
+                  <button title="Duplicate selected" class="duplicate-button btn btn-default btn-xs">Duplicate</button>
+                  <button title="Rename selected" class="rename-button btn btn-default btn-xs">Rename</button>
+                  <button title="Shutdown selected notebook(s)" class="shutdown-button btn btn-default btn-xs btn-warning">Shutdown</button>
+                  <button title="Deleted selected" class="delete-button btn btn-default btn-xs btn-danger"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></button>
+              </div>
             </div>
             <div class="col-sm-4 no-padding tree-buttons">
               <div class="pull-right">
-                <div class="dynamic-buttons">
-                    <button title="Duplicate selected" class="duplicate-button btn btn-default btn-xs">Duplicate</button>
-                    <button title="Rename selected" class="rename-button btn btn-default btn-xs">Rename</button>
-                    <button title="Shutdown selected notebook(s)" class="shutdown-button btn btn-default btn-xs btn-warning">Shutdown</button>
-                    <button title="Deleted selected" class="delete-button btn btn-default btn-xs btn-danger"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></button>
-                </div>
+                <form id='alternate_upload'  class='alternate_upload'>
+                  <span id="notebook_list_info">
+                  <span class="btn btn-xs btn-default btn-upload">
+                  <input type="file" name="datafile" class="fileinput" multiple='multiple'>
+                  Upload
+                  </span>
+                  </span>
+                </form>
                 <div id="new-buttons" class="btn-group">
                   <button class="dropdown-toggle btn btn-default btn-xs" data-toggle="dropdown">
                   <span>New</span>