diff --git a/internal/ui/chat/tool_items.go b/internal/ui/chat/tool_items.go
index 3c4405e1d1cc02d8f9a5a6176a107ba339665080..78a7e38d374607397f0af037d1afb39e32fd2ae0 100644
--- a/internal/ui/chat/tool_items.go
+++ b/internal/ui/chat/tool_items.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (m *BashToolItem) Render(width int) string {
 	cmd = strings.ReplaceAll(cmd, "\t", "    ")
 
 	// Check if this is a background job that finished
-	if m.ctx.Call.Finished {
+	if m.ctx.Call.Finished && m.ctx.HasResult() {
 		var meta tools.BashResponseMetadata
 		unmarshalParams(m.ctx.Result.Metadata, &meta)
 		if meta.Background {