diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextView.swift b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextView.swift
index e0ce9709..46abc266 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextView.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextView.swift
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ import SwiftUI
 struct MarkdownTextView: View {
     let string: String
     let fontSize: CGFloat
+    let textColor: NSColor
 
-    init(_ string: String, fontSize: CGFloat = 12) {
+    init(_ string: String, fontSize: CGFloat = 12, textColor: NSColor = .labelColor) {
         self.string = string
         self.fontSize = fontSize
+        self.textColor = textColor
     }
 
     var body: some View {
-        MarkdownTextViewRepresentable(string: string, fontSize: fontSize)
+        MarkdownTextViewRepresentable(string: string, fontSize: fontSize, textColor: textColor)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextViewRepresentable.swift b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextViewRepresentable.swift
index 13e0c7cd..e438c32e 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextViewRepresentable.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Common/Markdown/MarkdownTextViewRepresentable.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import AppKit
 struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
     let string: String
     let fontSize: CGFloat
+    let textColor: NSColor
 
     // MARK: - Static Properties
 
@@ -44,14 +45,15 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
 
     func updateNSView(_ textView: CodeBlockTextView, context: Context) {
         let coordinator = context.coordinator
-        guard string != coordinator.lastString || fontSize != coordinator.lastFontSize else { return }
+        guard string != coordinator.lastString || fontSize != coordinator.lastFontSize || textColor != coordinator.lastTextColor else { return }
         configure(textView, coordinator: coordinator)
     }
 
     private func configure(_ textView: CodeBlockTextView, coordinator: Coordinator) {
         coordinator.lastString = string
         coordinator.lastFontSize = fontSize
-        let attributed = Self.buildAttributedString(from: string, fontSize: fontSize)
+        coordinator.lastTextColor = textColor
+        let attributed = Self.buildAttributedString(from: string, fontSize: fontSize, textColor: textColor)
         textView.textStorage?.setAttributedString(attributed)
         textView.invalidateIntrinsicContentSize()
     }
@@ -59,11 +61,12 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
     class Coordinator {
         var lastString: String?
         var lastFontSize: CGFloat?
+        var lastTextColor: NSColor?
     }
 
     // MARK: - Attributed String Builder
 
-    static func buildAttributedString(from string: String, fontSize: CGFloat) -> NSAttributedString {
+    static func buildAttributedString(from string: String, fontSize: CGFloat, textColor: NSColor = .labelColor) -> NSAttributedString {
         let result = NSMutableAttributedString()
         let font = NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: fontSize)
 
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
 
         let defaultAttributes: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [
             .font: font,
-            .foregroundColor: NSColor.labelColor,
+            .foregroundColor: textColor,
             .paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle
         ]
 
@@ -85,8 +88,8 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
 
         // Collect code span ranges once for bold and italic passes
         let codeRanges = codeSpanRanges(in: result)
-        handleBoldMarkup(in: result, fontSize: fontSize, paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle, codeRanges: codeRanges)
-        handleItalicMarkup(in: result, fontSize: fontSize, paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle, codeRanges: codeRanges)
+        handleBoldMarkup(in: result, fontSize: fontSize, paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle, textColor: textColor, codeRanges: codeRanges)
+        handleItalicMarkup(in: result, fontSize: fontSize, paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle, textColor: textColor, codeRanges: codeRanges)
 
         return result
     }
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
         in result: NSMutableAttributedString,
         fontSize: CGFloat,
         paragraphStyle: NSParagraphStyle,
+        textColor: NSColor,
         codeRanges: [NSRange]
     ) {
         let boldFont = NSFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: fontSize)
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
                 string: innerText,
                 attributes: [
                     .font: boldFont,
-                    .foregroundColor: NSColor.labelColor,
+                    .foregroundColor: textColor,
                     .paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle
                 ]
             )
@@ -182,6 +186,7 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
         in result: NSMutableAttributedString,
         fontSize: CGFloat,
         paragraphStyle: NSParagraphStyle,
+        textColor: NSColor,
         codeRanges: [NSRange]
     ) {
         let italicFont = NSFontManager.shared.convert(
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ struct MarkdownTextViewRepresentable: NSViewRepresentable {
                 string: innerText,
                 attributes: [
                     .font: italicFont,
-                    .foregroundColor: NSColor.labelColor,
+                    .foregroundColor: textColor,
                     .paragraphStyle: paragraphStyle
                 ]
             )
diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertHeaderView.swift b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertHeaderView.swift
index a2806da0..e1e9533a 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertHeaderView.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertHeaderView.swift
@@ -13,24 +13,15 @@ struct StartupAlertHeaderView: View {
     let subtitleText: String
 
     var body: some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 12) {
-            Image(nsImage: NSApp.applicationIconImage)
-                .resizable()
-                .frame(width: 60, height: 60)
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 5) {
+            Text(titleText)
+                .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold, design: .rounded))
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                .padding(.bottom, 2)
 
-            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 5) {
-                Text(titleText)
-                    .font(.system(size: 15, weight: .bold))
-                    .textSelection(.enabled)
-
-                MarkdownTextView(subtitleText, fontSize: 13)
-                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
-            }
-
-            Spacer()
+            MarkdownTextView(subtitleText, fontSize: 12)
+                .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
         }
-        .padding(15)
-        .padding(.top, 0)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertView.swift b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertView.swift
index f98814df..1de5faa7 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertView.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertView.swift
@@ -13,39 +13,48 @@ struct StartupAlertView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack(spacing: 0) {
-            StartupAlertHeaderView(
-                titleText: viewModel.check.titleText,
-                subtitleText: viewModel.check.subtitleText
-            )
+            HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 12) {
+                Image(nsImage: NSApp.applicationIconImage)
+                    .resizable()
+                    .frame(width: 60, height: 60)
 
-            // Fix command description: only shown in idle state when a fix is available
-            if viewModel.state == .idle && viewModel.hasFix {
-                StartupFixCommandView(
-                    command: viewModel.check.fixDescription ?? ""
-                )
-                .padding(.horizontal, 10).padding(.leading, 72)
+                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
+                    StartupAlertHeaderView(
+                        titleText: viewModel.check.titleText,
+                        subtitleText: viewModel.check.subtitleText
+                    )
+                    .padding(.top, 5)
+                    .padding(.bottom, 8)
+
+                    // Fix command description: only shown in idle state when a fix is available
+                    if viewModel.state == .idle && viewModel.hasFix {
+                        StartupFixCommandView(
+                            command: viewModel.check.fixDescription ?? ""
+                        )
+                    } else if viewModel.state == .idle && !viewModel.hasFix {
+                        Divider()
+                    }
+
+                    // Terminal output: shown during and after fix execution
+                    if !viewModel.outputLines.isEmpty
+                        && (viewModel.state == .running || viewModel.state == .completed || viewModel.state == .failed) {
+                        StartupOutputView(
+                            lines: viewModel.outputLines,
+                            isRunning: viewModel.state == .running
+                        )
+                    }
+
+                    // Description text: shown in idle state
+                    if !viewModel.check.descriptionText.isEmpty && viewModel.state == .idle {
+                        MarkdownTextView(viewModel.check.descriptionText, fontSize: 12, textColor: NSColor.secondaryLabelColor)
+                            .padding(.vertical, 5)
+                    }
+                }
+                .padding(.trailing, 10)
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
             }
-
-            // Terminal output: shown during and after fix execution
-            if !viewModel.outputLines.isEmpty
-                && (viewModel.state == .running || viewModel.state == .completed || viewModel.state == .failed) {
-                StartupOutputView(
-                    lines: viewModel.outputLines,
-                    isRunning: viewModel.state == .running
-                )
-                .padding(15).padding(.leading, 72)
-                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-            }
-
-            // Description text: shown in idle state
-            if !viewModel.check.descriptionText.isEmpty && viewModel.state == .idle {
-                MarkdownTextView(viewModel.check.descriptionText, fontSize: 12)
-                    .padding(.vertical, 15)
-                    .padding(.horizontal, 20)
-                    .padding(.leading, 64)
-                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
-            }
+            .padding(15)
+            .padding(.top, -5)
 
             Divider()
 
@@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ struct StartupAlertView: View {
             OutputLine(text: "==> Linking Binary 'php' to '/opt/homebrew/bin/php'", stream: .stdOut),
             OutputLine(text: "Warning: php is keg-only and must be linked with --force", stream: .stdErr),
             OutputLine(text: "", stream: .stdOut),
-            OutputLine(text: "---\nFix did not resolve the issue.", stream: .stdOut)
+            OutputLine(text: "\nFix did not resolve the issue.", stream: .stdOut)
         ]
     ))
 }
@@ -155,7 +164,7 @@ struct StartupAlertView: View {
         outputLines: [
             OutputLine(text: "==> Linking Binary 'php' to '/opt/homebrew/bin/php'", stream: .stdOut),
             OutputLine(text: "==> Linking php... linked 25 files", stream: .stdOut),
-            OutputLine(text: "---\nFix applied successfully! Continuing...", stream: .stdOut)
+            OutputLine(text: "\nFix applied successfully! Continuing...", stream: .stdOut)
         ]
     ))
 }
diff --git a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertViewModel.swift b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertViewModel.swift
index e3f54309..494ff92e 100644
--- a/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertViewModel.swift
+++ b/phpmon/Domain/SwiftUI/Startup/StartupAlertViewModel.swift
@@ -101,19 +101,19 @@ class StartupAlertViewModel: ObservableObject {
     /** Marks the current fix as completed, with success. */
     @MainActor private func pass() {
         self.state = .completed
-        self.appendOutput("---\n\("startup.fix.applied".localized)", .stdOut)
+        self.appendOutput("\n\("startup.fix.applied".localized)", .stdOut)
     }
 
     /** Marks the current fix as completed, with failure. */
     @MainActor private func fail() {
         self.state = .failed
-        self.appendOutput("---\n\("startup.fix.not_resolved".localized)", .stdErr)
+        self.appendOutput("\n\("startup.fix.not_resolved".localized)", .stdErr)
     }
 
     /** An error occurred. */
     @MainActor private func errorAndIdle(_ error: Error) {
         self.state = .failed
-        self.appendOutput("---\nError: \(error.localizedDescription)", .stdErr)
+        self.appendOutput("\nError: \(error.localizedDescription)", .stdErr)
     }
 
     // MARK: - Alert Outcomes