diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx b/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx
index f70cda65b4..aab67dca47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/routes/_shell.tsx
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ function ShellLayout() {
 			{/* Shell chrome: Win/Linux hang the sidebar under a topbar. macOS uses a
           titlebar strip above the off-canvas sidebar. Session and board actions
           render inside the center panel when the shell topbar is hidden. */}
-			<div className="flex h-screen min-h-0 flex-col bg-sidebar text-foreground">
+			<div className={cn("flex h-screen min-h-0 flex-col bg-sidebar text-foreground", isWindows && "platform-windows")}>
 				{/* Windows-only custom title bar (sidebar toggle + File/Edit/View/…
             menu); paints the chrome the frameless window drops. Renders null on
             macOS/Linux. */}
diff --git a/frontend/src/renderer/styles.css b/frontend/src/renderer/styles.css
index a90fc2020f..87970f3295 100644
--- a/frontend/src/renderer/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/src/renderer/styles.css
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@
 	padding-left: var(--size-center-panel-inline-inset);
 }
 
+/* Windows: the frameless window's custom titlebar already supplies top chrome,
+ * so drop the framed panel's top inset to give content more height. */
+.platform-windows .center-panel-shell {
+	padding-top: 0;
+}
+
 @utility settings-row-bar {
 	display: flex;
 	height: var(--size-settings-row);
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/tokens.css b/frontend/src/styles/tokens.css
index 30ea2396d5..1920ba1c88 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/tokens.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/tokens.css
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	--color-bg-tertiary: #1b1d22;
 	--color-bg-elevated: #212329;
 	--color-bg-sidebar: #17181c;
-	--color-bg-terminal: #15171b;
+	--color-bg-terminal: #101317e7;
 
 	/* Text */
 	--color-text-primary: #f4f5f7;