diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php b/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php
index 3262e6bbc4..d4eef1c374 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/controller/helper.php
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class helper
 			if ($task)
 			{
 				$url = $task->get_url();
-				$this->template->assign_var('RUN_CRON_TASK', '<img src="' . $url . '" width="1" height="1" alt="cron" />');
+				$this->template->assign_var('RUN_CRON_TASK', '<img src="' . $url . '" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="position: fixed; top: -10000px" />');
 			}
 			else
 			{
diff --git a/phpBB/viewforum.php b/phpBB/viewforum.php
index f070e0400f..4eba9bde25 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewforum.php
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if (!$config['use_system_cron'])
 	if ($task->is_ready())
 	{
 		$url = $task->get_url();
-		$template->assign_var('RUN_CRON_TASK', '<img src="' . $url . '" width="1" height="1" alt="cron" />');
+		$template->assign_var('RUN_CRON_TASK', '<img src="' . $url . '" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="position: fixed; top: -10000px" />');
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ if (!$config['use_system_cron'])
 		if ($task->is_ready())
 		{
 			$url = $task->get_url();
-			$template->assign_var('RUN_CRON_TASK', '<img src="' . $url . '" width="1" height="1" alt="cron" />');
+			$template->assign_var('RUN_CRON_TASK', '<img src="' . $url . '" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="position: fixed; top: -10000px" />');
 		}
 	}
 }