diff --git a/ui/components/footer/footer.go b/ui/components/footer/footer.go
index 91b92952e96cf2abe65eed3f7c0615b4d869dd7e..eb97f8b9820780b77975217e62cbb414fe65678f 100644
--- a/ui/components/footer/footer.go
+++ b/ui/components/footer/footer.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package footer
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/help"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/key"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ func (f *Footer) View() string {
 	}
 	s := f.common.Styles.Footer.Copy().Width(f.common.Width)
 	helpView := f.help.View(f.keymap)
-	return s.Render(strings.TrimSpace(helpView))
+	return s.Render(helpView)
 }
 
 // ShortHelp returns the short help key bindings.
diff --git a/ui/styles/styles.go b/ui/styles/styles.go
index 20a583b92779ed5ff0fe8ca53375888cd384aad1..ee783af0c2e17e1ab5db1e56a38ef1d218afef8e 100644
--- a/ui/styles/styles.go
+++ b/ui/styles/styles.go
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ func DefaultStyles() *Styles {
 		Foreground(lipgloss.Color("15"))
 
 	s.Footer = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		PaddingLeft(1).
 		Height(1)
 
 	s.Branch = lipgloss.NewStyle().