diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl
index 53be690eb..20ed210f5 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/photos_add_direct.tpl
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function(){
       <legend><span class="icon-folder-open icon-red"></span>{'Drop into album'|@translate}</legend>
       <div class="selectedAlbum"{if !isset($ADD_TO_ALBUM)} style="display: none"{/if}><span class="icon-sitemap">{$ADD_TO_ALBUM}</span></div>
       <div class="selectAlbumBlock"{if isset($ADD_TO_ALBUM)} style="display: none"{/if}>
-        <a href="#" data-add-album="category" title="{'create a new album'|@translate}" class="icon-plus"></a>
         <span id="albumSelection">
           <select data-selectize="categories" data-value="{$selected_category|@json_encode|escape:html}"
           data-default="first" name="category" style="width:600px"></select>
         </span>
+        <a href="#" data-add-album="category" class="orCreateAlbum"> {'... or '|@translate} {'create a new album'|@translate}</a>
       </div>
     </fieldset>
 {*
diff --git a/admin/themes/default/theme.css b/admin/themes/default/theme.css
index 9036e2dfa..ba91d4a56 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/theme.css
+++ b/admin/themes/default/theme.css
@@ -4697,7 +4697,14 @@ fieldset#environment legend i[class*="icon-"] {
 	padding: 8px; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16); font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; transition: all 125ms ease-out;
 }
 .icon-plus.cboxElement:hover {box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);}
-#albumSelection {margin-left: 25px;}
+#albumSelection {margin-right: 20px;}
+.orCreateAlbum{margin: 7px 0 9px 0; padding: 5px 10px; background: #f5f5f5; border-radius: 20px;}
+.orCreateAlbum:hover {
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: #3a3a3a;
+  background: #dcdcdc;
+  transition: 0.2s;
+}
 .selectize-control.single .selectize-input {border-radius: 0; font-weight: bold;font-size: 12px;}
 .buttonLike {padding: 8px 10px; margin-left: 5px;}
 .changeUsername .buttonLike {padding: 1px 10px;}