diff --git a/crates/client/src/display.rs b/crates/client/src/display.rs
index c56ef5e..b8b6059 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/display.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/display.rs
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ pub fn cmd_done(action: &str, name: &str, payload: &str, success: bool, result:
     crate::logger::write_line(if success { "OK" } else { "ERROR" }, &format!("{name} {payload} → {result}"));
 }
 
-/// Info line for the startup header (not in table format).
-/// Aligns key to a fixed width so values line up.
+/// Info line for the startup header — uses same column alignment as table rows.
 pub fn info_line(emoji: &str, key: &str, value: &str) {
-    println!("  {}  {:<12} {}", emoji_cell(emoji), key, value);
+    // Match table layout: 2 spaces + 2-wide emoji + 2 spaces + name (NAME_W) + 2 spaces + value
+    println!("  {}  {:<name_w$}  {}", emoji_cell(emoji), key, value, name_w = NAME_W);
 }
 
 pub fn err(emoji: &str, msg: &str) {
diff --git a/crates/client/src/main.rs b/crates/client/src/main.rs
index e647b0a..9efe18c 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use display::trunc;
 
 fn banner() {
     println!();
-    println!("  {}   HELIOS REMOTE  ({})", "☀".yellow().bold(), env!("GIT_COMMIT"));
+    println!("  {}   HELIOS REMOTE  {}", "☀".yellow().bold(), env!("GIT_COMMIT"));
 }
 
 fn print_session_info(label: &str, sid: &uuid::Uuid) {
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ fn print_session_info(label: &str, sid: &uuid::Uuid) {
     display::info_line("👤", "privileges:", &"no admin".yellow().to_string());
 
     display::info_line("🖥", "device:", &label.bold().to_string());
-    display::info_line("#", "session:", &sid.to_string().dimmed().to_string());
-    println!();
+    display::info_line("🪪", "session:", &sid.to_string().dimmed().to_string());
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@ async fn main() {
         match connect_async_tls_with_config(&config.relay_url, None, false, Some(connector)).await {
             Ok((ws_stream, _)) => {
                 display::cmd_done("🌐", "connecting", host, true, "connected");
-                println!();
                 backoff = Duration::from_secs(1);
 
                 let (mut write, mut read) = ws_stream.split();
@@ -505,7 +503,7 @@ async fn handle_message(
             display::cmd_start("ℹ", "version", "");
             let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string();
             let commit = env!("GIT_COMMIT").to_string();
-            display::cmd_done("ℹ", "version", "", true, &format!("v{version}  ({commit})"));
+            display::cmd_done("ℹ", "version", "", true, &commit);
             ClientMessage::VersionResponse { request_id, version, commit }
         }
 
@@ -584,7 +582,7 @@ async fn handle_message(
             match out {
                 Ok(o) => {
                     let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).trim().to_string();
-                    display::cmd_done("📋", "clipboard-get", "", true, &format!("{} chars", text.len()));
+                    display::cmd_done("📋", "clipboard-get", "", true, &text);
                     ClientMessage::ClipboardGetResponse { request_id, text }
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
@@ -595,7 +593,7 @@ async fn handle_message(
         }
 
         ServerMessage::ClipboardSetRequest { request_id, text } => {
-            let payload = format!("{} chars", text.len());
+            let payload = trunc(&text, 60);
             display::cmd_start("📋", "clipboard-set", &payload);
             let cmd = format!("Set-Clipboard -Value '{}'", text.replace('\'', "''"));
             let out = tokio::process::Command::new("powershell.exe")
@@ -603,7 +601,7 @@ async fn handle_message(
                 .output().await;
             match out {
                 Ok(_) => {
-                    display::cmd_done("📋", "clipboard-set", &payload, true, "done");
+                    display::cmd_done("📋", "clipboard-set", &payload, true, &payload);
                     ClientMessage::Ack { request_id }
                 }
                 Err(e) => {