diff --git a/beamerthemem.sty b/beamerthemem.sty
index dbeb13e..f17e782 100644
--- a/beamerthemem.sty
+++ b/beamerthemem.sty
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     \vspace*{0.5em}
     \fi%
     \begin{tikzpicture}\draw[mLightBrown] (0, 0) -- (\textwidth, 0);\end{tikzpicture}%
-    \vspace*{0.5em}
+    \vspace*{1em}
     \ifx\insertauthor\@empty%
     \else%
     {\usebeamerfont{author}\usebeamercolor[fg]{author}\insertauthor\par}%