diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 1ef4c4d0..fbf5c612 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**: 0.1595 (must match `package.json` for npm publish)
+**Version**: 0.1596 (must match `package.json` for npm publish)
 
 ## Project Overview
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3680577..99eabe33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claudeman",
-  "version": "0.1595",
+  "version": "0.1596",
   "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 e2ec5192..00f5b7e3 100644
--- a/src/web/public/app.js
+++ b/src/web/public/app.js
@@ -961,6 +961,10 @@ class LocalEchoOverlay {
     // other case where the PTY has prompt text the overlay doesn't know about.
     // Without this, the overlay's opaque background covers the canvas text.
     _detectBufferText() {
+        // Skip if we already detected and the user backspaced through it —
+        // the PTY backspace echo is async, so the buffer still has stale text.
+        // Reset on clear() (Enter, Ctrl+C, tab switch).
+        if (this._bufferDetectDone) return;
         try {
             const prompt = this._findPrompt();
             if (!prompt) return;
@@ -975,6 +979,7 @@ class LocalEchoOverlay {
                 this._flushedOffset = afterPrompt.length;
                 this._flushedText = afterPrompt;
                 this._lastPromptPos = prompt;
+                this._bufferDetectDone = true;
             }
         } catch {}
     }
@@ -1017,6 +1022,7 @@ class LocalEchoOverlay {
         this.pendingText = '';
         this._flushedOffset = 0;
         this._flushedText = '';
+        this._bufferDetectDone = false; // allow re-detection after next clear
         this._persist();
         this._lastRenderKey = '';
         this._lastPromptPos = null;
diff --git a/src/web/public/index.html b/src/web/public/index.html
index c785af11..4a379669 100644
--- a/src/web/public/index.html
+++ b/src/web/public/index.html
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   <meta name="google" content="notranslate">
   <title>Claudeman</title>
   <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 32 32'%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3ClinearGradient id='g' x1='0%25' y1='0%25' x2='100%25' y2='100%25'%3E%3Cstop offset='0%25' stop-color='%2360a5fa'/%3E%3Cstop offset='100%25' stop-color='%233b82f6'/%3E%3C/linearGradient%3E%3C/defs%3E%3Crect width='32' height='32' rx='6' fill='%230a0a0a'/%3E%3Cpath d='M18 4L8 18h6l-2 10 10-14h-6z' fill='url(%23g)'/%3E%3C/svg%3E">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css?v=0.1595">
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="mobile.css?v=0.1595" media="(max-width: 1023px)">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css?v=0.1596">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="mobile.css?v=0.1596" media="(max-width: 1023px)">
   <!-- xterm.css loaded async — terminal won't display until xterm.js runs anyway -->
   <link rel="preload" href="vendor/xterm.css" as="style" onload="this.onload=null;this.rel='stylesheet'">
   <noscript><link rel="stylesheet" href="vendor/xterm.css"></noscript>
@@ -1559,6 +1559,6 @@
     <!-- Lines drawn dynamically -->
   </svg>
 
-  <script defer src="app.js?v=0.1595"></script>
+  <script defer src="app.js?v=0.1596"></script>
 </body>
 </html>