diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index 5b3ac83d7..cf41972bc 100755
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ class HermesCLI:
         # Add user message to history
         self.conversation_history.append({"role": "user", "content": message})
         
-        w = min(self.console.width, 80)
+        w = self.console.width
         _cprint(f"{_GOLD}{'─' * w}{_RST}")
         print(flush=True)
         
@@ -1506,7 +1506,11 @@ class HermesCLI:
 
             # Drain any remaining agent output still in the StdoutProxy
             # buffer so tool/status lines render ABOVE our response box.
+            # The flush pushes data into the renderer queue; the short
+            # sleep lets the renderer actually paint it before we draw.
+            import time as _time
             sys.stdout.flush()
+            _time.sleep(0.15)
 
             # Update history with full conversation
             self.conversation_history = result.get("messages", self.conversation_history) if result else self.conversation_history
@@ -1528,7 +1532,7 @@ class HermesCLI:
                     response = response + "\n\n---\n_[Interrupted - processing new message]_"
             
             if response:
-                w = min(self.console.width, 80)
+                w = self.console.width
                 label = " ⚕ Hermes "
                 fill = w - 2 - len(label)  # 2 for ╭ and ╮
                 top = f"{_GOLD}╭─{label}{'─' * max(fill - 1, 0)}╮{_RST}"
@@ -1536,7 +1540,7 @@ class HermesCLI:
 
                 # Render box + response as a single _cprint call so
                 # nothing can interleave between the box borders.
-                _cprint(f"\n{top}\n\n{response}\n\n{bot}")
+                _cprint(f"\n{top}\n{response}\n\n{bot}")
             
             # If we have a pending message from interrupt, re-queue it for process_loop
             # instead of recursing (avoids unbounded recursion from rapid interrupts)