diff --git a/frontend/src/composables/useTerminal.ts b/frontend/src/composables/useTerminal.ts
index 0b70345..1e8bdcf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/composables/useTerminal.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/composables/useTerminal.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function useTerminal(sessionId: string): UseTerminalReturn {
 
   const terminal = new Terminal({
     theme: defaultTheme,
-    fontFamily: "'JetBrains Mono', 'Cascadia Code', 'Fira Code', Menlo, Monaco, monospace",
+    fontFamily: "'Cascadia Mono', 'Cascadia Code', Consolas, 'JetBrains Mono', 'Fira Code', Menlo, Monaco, 'Courier New', monospace",
     fontSize: 14,
     lineHeight: 1.2,
     cursorBlink: true,
@@ -138,7 +138,14 @@ export function useTerminal(sessionId: string): UseTerminalReturn {
 
   function mount(container: HTMLElement): void {
     terminal.open(container);
-    fitAddon.fit();
+
+    // Wait for fonts to load before measuring cell dimensions.
+    // If the font (JetBrains Mono etc.) isn't loaded when fitAddon.fit()
+    // runs, canvas.measureText() uses a fallback font and gets wrong
+    // cell widths — producing tiny dashes and 200+ column terminals.
+    document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
+      fitAddon.fit();
+    });
 
     // Right-click paste on the terminal's DOM element
     terminal.element?.addEventListener("contextmenu", handleRightClickPaste);
diff --git a/internal/updater/service.go b/internal/updater/service.go
index ca3651e..0f9e4ea 100644
--- a/internal/updater/service.go
+++ b/internal/updater/service.go
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ func (u *UpdateService) CheckForUpdate() (*UpdateInfo, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Newer version is available — fetch version.json for SHA256 + download URL.
-	tagVersion := release.TagName // e.g. "v0.6.0" or "0.6.0"
+	// Use the stripped version (no "v" prefix) because CI uploads packages under "0.8.3" not "v0.8.3"
+	tagVersion := latestVer
 	versionInfoURL := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"%s/api/packages/%s/generic/%s/%s/version.json",
 		u.baseURL, u.owner, u.pkg, tagVersion,