diff --git a/dotfiles/quickshell/hyprchrome/widgets/host/HostPanel.qml b/dotfiles/quickshell/hyprchrome/widgets/host/HostPanel.qml
index 829fb55..7cdd2ce 100644
--- a/dotfiles/quickshell/hyprchrome/widgets/host/HostPanel.qml
+++ b/dotfiles/quickshell/hyprchrome/widgets/host/HostPanel.qml
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ BarPanel {
             }
 
             Text {
-                y: 32
                 text: (panel.userName || "NODE") + " // " + (panel.zoneName || "LOCAL")
                 color: Theme.accent
                 font.family: Theme.microFont
@@ -166,21 +165,25 @@ BarPanel {
         // Rule between identity and clock, the same hairline the dense bar
         // puts between its host name and node readout.
         Rectangle {
-            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignCenter
-            y: 2
-            width: 2
-            height: parent.height - 8
+            // The layout owns x/y/width/height: the 8px inset that was
+            // `height: parent.height - 8` becomes margins, and a bare `width: 2`
+            // would be overridden.
+            Layout.preferredWidth: 2
+            Layout.fillHeight: true
+            Layout.topMargin: 4
+            Layout.bottomMargin: 4
             color: Theme.hair
         }
 
         Column {
             id: clock
 
+            // Both columns share the width evenly, as before. `width: 210` here was
+            // dead — a layout assigns width — and `Layout.alignment` is ignored
+            // while an item fills.
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             Layout.fillHeight: true
-            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
 
-            width: 210
             spacing: 2
 
             Text {