diff --git a/awesome/powerline.lua b/awesome/powerline.lua
index 9a7bda6..c972ca0 100644
--- a/awesome/powerline.lua
+++ b/awesome/powerline.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ local function powerline(widget, bgcolor, adjacentcolor, right)
         {
             layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
             {
-                wibox.layout.margin(widget, dpi(6), dpi(10)),
+                wibox.container.margin(widget, dpi(6), dpi(10)),
                 bg = bgcolor,
                 widget = wibox.container.background