diff --git a/internal/tui/components/anim/anim.go b/internal/tui/components/anim/anim.go
index 18585f1a82a8dadc916b0af69ad4c1f067286bf4..016165313008e5d46875de3f02a9ea0dde016894 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/anim/anim.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/anim/anim.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func (a anim) View() tea.View {
 				textStyle.Render(string(c.currentValue)),
 			)
 		}
-		return tea.NewView(b.String() + textStyle.Render(a.ellipsis.View()))
+		b.WriteString(textStyle.Render(a.ellipsis.View()))
 	}
 
 	return tea.NewView(b.String())