diff --git a/internal/tui/absorb.go b/internal/tui/absorb.go
index dab374d..2a46b41 100644
--- a/internal/tui/absorb.go
+++ b/internal/tui/absorb.go
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ func renderAbsorbSource(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, tags)
 
 	if maxWidth > 0 && len(stripAnsi(line)) > maxWidth {
-		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-6)
+		overhead := len(stripAnsi(line)) - len([]rune(body))
+		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-overhead)
 		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, tags)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/tui/cards.go b/internal/tui/cards.go
index ed38dfb..442d13d 100644
--- a/internal/tui/cards.go
+++ b/internal/tui/cards.go
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ func renderCard(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s%s", glyph, body, affordStr, extraStr, useStr)
 
 	if maxWidth > 0 && len(stripAnsi(line)) > maxWidth {
-		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-8)
+		overhead := len(stripAnsi(line)) - len([]rune(body))
+		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-overhead)
 		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s%s%s", glyph, body, affordStr, extraStr, useStr)
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/tui/list.go b/internal/tui/list.go
index 696912c..87192df 100644
--- a/internal/tui/list.go
+++ b/internal/tui/list.go
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ func renderEntity(e *db.Entity, maxWidth int) string {
 	line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, extraStr)
 
 	if maxWidth > 0 && len(stripAnsi(line)) > maxWidth {
-		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-6)
+		overhead := len(stripAnsi(line)) - len([]rune(body))
+		body = truncate(body, maxWidth-overhead)
 		line = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%s", glyph, body, extraStr)
 	}