diff --git a/pkg/tui/tui.go b/pkg/tui/tui.go
index 85dc5e2..c1225fa 100644
--- a/pkg/tui/tui.go
+++ b/pkg/tui/tui.go
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.err = error(msg)
 	}
 
-
 	var cmd tea.Cmd
 	m.spinner, cmd = m.spinner.Update(msg)
 	if cmd != nil {
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 	if m.content.Width == 0 {
 		// this is the case upon initial startup, but it's also a safe bet that
 		// we can just skip rendering if the terminal is really 0 width...
-		// without this, the below view functions may do weird things
+		// without this, the m.*View() functions may crash
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -279,6 +278,8 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 	)
 }
 
+// returns the total height of "fixed" components, which are those which don't
+// change height dependent on window size.
 func (m *model) getFixedComponentHeight() int {
 	h := 0
 	h += m.input.Height()
@@ -349,21 +350,23 @@ func (m *model) footerView() string {
 	segmentStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().PaddingLeft(1).PaddingRight(1).Faint(true)
 	segmentSeparator := "|"
 
+	savingStyle := segmentStyle.Copy().Bold(true)
 	saving := ""
 	if m.persistence {
-		saving = segmentStyle.Copy().Bold(true).Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")).Render("✅💾")
+		saving = savingStyle.Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")).Render("✅💾")
 	} else {
-		saving = segmentStyle.Copy().Bold(true).Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).Render("❌💾")
+		saving = savingStyle.Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).Render("❌💾")
 	}
 
 	status := m.status
 	if m.waitingForReply {
 		status += m.spinner.View()
+		status = segmentStyle.Render(status)
 	}
 
 	leftSegments := []string{
 		saving,
-		segmentStyle.Render(status),
+		status,
 	}
 	rightSegments := []string{
 		segmentStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("Model: %s", *m.ctx.Config.Defaults.Model)),
@@ -383,9 +386,11 @@ func (m *model) footerView() string {
 	footer := left + padding + right
 	if remaining < 0 {
 		ellipses := "... "
-		footer = footer[:m.width-len(ellipses)] + ellipses
+		// this doesn't work very well, due to trying to trim a string with
+		// ansii chars already in it
+		footer = footer[:(len(footer)+remaining)-len(ellipses)-3] + ellipses
 	}
-	return footerStyle.Render(footer)
+	return footerStyle.Width(m.width).Render(footer)
 }
 
 func initialModel(ctx *lmcli.Context, convShortname string) model {
@@ -632,8 +637,7 @@ func (m *model) updateContent() {
 		case models.MessageRoleAssistant:
 			icon = ""
 			style = assistantStyle
-		case models.MessageRoleToolCall:
-		case models.MessageRoleToolResult:
+		case models.MessageRoleToolCall, models.MessageRoleToolResult:
 			icon = "🔧"
 		}