diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 800830d2..f3080ebe 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ When user says "COM":
 1. Increment version in BOTH `package.json` AND `CLAUDE.md` (verify they match with `grep version package.json && grep Version CLAUDE.md`)
 2. Run: `git add -A && git commit -m "chore: bump version to X.XXXX" && git push && npm run build && systemctl --user restart claudeman-web`
 
-**Version**: 0.1586 (must match `package.json` for npm publish)
+**Version**: 0.1587 (must match `package.json` for npm publish)
 
 ## Project Overview
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5a4818c..1e3c356f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claudeman",
-  "version": "0.1586",
+  "version": "0.1587",
   "description": "The missing control plane for Claude Code - run 20 autonomous agents with real-time monitoring and session persistence",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/web/public/app.js b/src/web/public/app.js
index 3f5b515c..9d1f1dbc 100644
--- a/src/web/public/app.js
+++ b/src/web/public/app.js
@@ -1017,25 +1017,9 @@ class LocalEchoOverlay {
             const cellW = dims.css.cell.width;
             const cellH = dims.css.cell.height;
             const totalCols = this.terminal.cols;
-            // Position after existing text on the prompt line.  Normally this is
-            // just "❯ " (col+2), but after a tab switch the flushed text is echoed
-            // by the PTY and sits in the terminal buffer — the overlay must start
-            // AFTER it to avoid covering it with its opaque background.
-            // _flushedOffset provides immediate offset even before echo arrives.
-            let startCol = activePrompt.col + 2 + (this._flushedOffset || 0);
-            try {
-                const buf = this.terminal.buffer.active;
-                const promptLine = buf.getLine(buf.viewportY + activePrompt.row);
-                if (promptLine) {
-                    const existingEnd = promptLine.translateToString(true).trimEnd().length;
-                    if (existingEnd > startCol) startCol = existingEnd;
-                    // Once echo has arrived in the buffer, we can drop the offset
-                    if (this._flushedOffset && existingEnd >= activePrompt.col + 2 + this._flushedOffset) {
-                        this._flushedOffset = 0;
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch {}
-            startCol = Math.min(startCol, totalCols - 1);
+            // Position right after "❯ " (prompt col + 2), plus any chars flushed
+            // to PTY during a tab switch that may not be echoed yet.
+            const startCol = Math.min(activePrompt.col + 2 + (this._flushedOffset || 0), totalCols - 1);
             const firstLineCols = Math.max(1, totalCols - startCol);
 
             // Skip redundant re-renders (e.g. from flushPendingWrites at 60fps)