diff --git a/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx b/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx
index 170d0649ac..b9e9fece76 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ const TranscriptPane = memo(function TranscriptPane({
     <>
       <ScrollBox flexDirection="column" flexGrow={1} flexShrink={1} ref={transcript.scrollRef} stickyScroll>
         <Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1}>
+          <StreamingAssistant
+            busy={ui.busy}
+            cols={composer.cols}
+            compact={ui.compact}
+            detailsMode={ui.detailsMode}
+            progress={progress}
+            sections={ui.sections}
+            t={ui.theme}
+          />
+
           {transcript.virtualHistory.topSpacer > 0 ? <Box height={transcript.virtualHistory.topSpacer} /> : null}
 
           {transcript.virtualRows.slice(transcript.virtualHistory.start, transcript.virtualHistory.end).map(row => (
@@ -137,15 +147,6 @@ const TranscriptPane = memo(function TranscriptPane({
 
           {transcript.virtualHistory.bottomSpacer > 0 ? <Box height={transcript.virtualHistory.bottomSpacer} /> : null}
 
-          <StreamingAssistant
-            busy={ui.busy}
-            cols={composer.cols}
-            compact={ui.compact}
-            detailsMode={ui.detailsMode}
-            progress={progress}
-            sections={ui.sections}
-            t={ui.theme}
-          />
         </Box>
       </ScrollBox>