diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/category.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/category.html
index 5967ee80c..a200b8029 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/category.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/items/category.html
@@ -8,23 +8,25 @@
 		{% csrf_token %}
         {% bootstrap_form_errors form %}
         <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-10">
+            <div class="col-xs-12{% if category %} col-lg-10{% endif %}">
                 <fieldset>
                     <legend>{% trans "General information" %}</legend>
                     {% bootstrap_field form.name layout="horizontal" %}
                     {% bootstrap_field form.description layout="horizontal" %}
                 </fieldset>
             </div>
-            <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-2">
-                <div class="panel panel-default">
-                    <div class="panel-heading">
-                        <h3 class="panel-title">
-                            {% trans "Category history" %}
-                        </h3>
+            {% if category %}
+                <div class="col-xs-12 col-lg-2">
+                    <div class="panel panel-default">
+                        <div class="panel-heading">
+                            <h3 class="panel-title">
+                                {% trans "Category history" %}
+                            </h3>
+                        </div>
+                        {% include "pretixcontrol/includes/logs.html" with obj=category %}
                     </div>
-                    {% include "pretixcontrol/includes/logs.html" with obj=category %}
                 </div>
-            </div>
+            {% endif %}
         </div>
 		<div class="form-group submit-group">
             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-save">