diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index 13f2f30f..0b620ff2 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -89,11 +89,18 @@ class _RootShellState extends State<_RootShell> {
             windowControls: widget.services.window,
             child: DialogHost(
               router: widget.services.dialog,
-              child: Stack(
+              child: Column(
                 children: [
-                  const Positioned.fill(child: RootLayout()),
-                  const ClidePalette(),
-                  const Positioned.fill(child: _WelcomeOverlay()),
+                  _HatBar(kernel: widget.services),
+                  Expanded(
+                    child: Stack(
+                      children: [
+                        const Positioned.fill(child: RootLayout()),
+                        const ClidePalette(),
+                        const Positioned.fill(child: _WelcomeOverlay()),
+                      ],
+                    ),
+                  ),
                 ],
               ),
             ),
@@ -136,7 +143,6 @@ class RootLayout extends StatelessWidget {
 
         return Column(
           children: [
-            _HatBar(kernel: kernel),
             Expanded(
               child: Row(
                 children: [
diff --git a/lib/builtin/welcome/src/welcome_view.dart b/lib/builtin/welcome/src/welcome_view.dart
index fe66a902..31a21e57 100644
--- a/lib/builtin/welcome/src/welcome_view.dart
+++ b/lib/builtin/welcome/src/welcome_view.dart
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ class _RecentRowState extends State<_RecentRow> {
                     const SizedBox(height: 3),
                     Row(
                       children: [
-                        ClideText(widget.project.relativePath, muted: true, fontSize: 13, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily),
+                        Flexible(child: ClideText(widget.project.relativePath, muted: true, fontSize: 13, fontFamily: clideMonoFamily, maxLines: 1, overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis)),
                         if (widget.project.branch != null) ...[
                           ClideText('  ·  ', muted: true, fontSize: 13),
                           ClideIcon(PhosphorIcons.gitBranch, size: 11, color: widget.tokens.globalTextMuted),