diff --git a/frontend/src/html/pages/leaderboards.html b/frontend/src/html/pages/leaderboards.html
index 03aa925d04bc..e08b1757575d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/html/pages/leaderboards.html
+++ b/frontend/src/html/pages/leaderboards.html
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             <td>#</td>
             <td>name</td>
             <td class="stat narrow speedUnit">
-              wpm
+              <span>wpm</span>
               <div class="sub">accuracy</div>
             </td>
             <td class="stat narrow rawAndConsistency">
diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/pages/leaderboards.ts b/frontend/src/ts/pages/leaderboards.ts
index 92e705742b52..10c993535ded 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/pages/leaderboards.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/pages/leaderboards.ts
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ function updateContent(): void {
   fillTable();
 
   for (const element of document.querySelectorAll(
-    ".page.pageLeaderboards .speedUnit"
+    ".page.pageLeaderboards .wide.speedUnit, .page.pageLeaderboards .narrow.speedUnit span"
   )) {
     element.innerHTML = Config.typingSpeedUnit;
   }