diff --git a/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx b/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx
index a6862027c0..5c63c0e2e7 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/components/appLayout.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ const TranscriptPane = memo(function TranscriptPane({
 
   return (
     <>
-      <LiveTodoPanel />
+      <Box flexDirection="column" flexShrink={0}>
+        <LiveTodoPanel />
+      </Box>
 
       <ScrollBox flexDirection="column" flexGrow={1} flexShrink={1} ref={transcript.scrollRef} stickyScroll>
         <Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1}>