diff --git a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/AlternateScreen.tsx b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/AlternateScreen.tsx
index bb18608172..f135d70c68 100644
--- a/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/AlternateScreen.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/AlternateScreen.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { type PropsWithChildren, useContext, useInsertionEffect } from 'r
 import { c as _c } from 'react/compiler-runtime'
 
 import instances from '../instances.js'
+import { CURSOR_HOME, ERASE_SCREEN, ERASE_SCROLLBACK } from '../termio/csi.js'
 import { DISABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING, ENABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING, ENTER_ALT_SCREEN, EXIT_ALT_SCREEN } from '../termio/dec.js'
 import { TerminalWriteContext } from '../useTerminalNotification.js'
 
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ export function AlternateScreen(t0: Props) {
         return
       }
 
-      writeRaw(ENTER_ALT_SCREEN + '\x1B[2J\x1B[H' + (mouseTracking ? ENABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING : ''))
+      writeRaw(
+        ENTER_ALT_SCREEN + ERASE_SCROLLBACK + ERASE_SCREEN + CURSOR_HOME + (mouseTracking ? ENABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING : '')
+      )
       ink?.setAltScreenActive(true, mouseTracking)
 
       return () => {
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/bootBanner.ts b/ui-tui/src/bootBanner.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c85387bd4..0000000000
--- a/ui-tui/src/bootBanner.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-const GOLD = '\x1b[38;2;255;215;0m'
-const AMBER = '\x1b[38;2;255;191;0m'
-const BRONZE = '\x1b[38;2;205;127;50m'
-const DIM = '\x1b[38;2;184;134;11m'
-const RESET = '\x1b[0m'
-
-const LOGO = [
-  '██╗  ██╗███████╗██████╗ ███╗   ███╗███████╗███████╗       █████╗  ██████╗ ███████╗███╗   ██╗████████╗',
-  '██║  ██║██╔════╝██╔══██╗████╗ ████║██╔════╝██╔════╝      ██╔══██╗██╔════╝ ██╔════╝████╗  ██║╚══██╔══╝',
-  '███████║█████╗  ██████╔╝██╔████╔██║█████╗  ███████╗█████╗███████║██║  ███╗█████╗  ██╔██╗ ██║   ██║   ',
-  '██╔══██║██╔══╝  ██╔══██╗██║╚██╔╝██║██╔══╝  ╚════██║╚════╝██╔══██║██║   ██║██╔══╝  ██║╚██╗██║   ██║   ',
-  '██║  ██║███████╗██║  ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║███████╗███████║      ██║  ██║╚██████╔╝███████╗██║ ╚████║   ██║   ',
-  '╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝      ╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═══╝   ╚═╝   '
-]
-
-const GRADIENT = [GOLD, GOLD, AMBER, AMBER, BRONZE, BRONZE] as const
-const LOGO_WIDTH = 98
-
-const TAGLINE = `${DIM}⚕ Nous Research · Messenger of the Digital Gods${RESET}`
-const FALLBACK = `\x1b[1m${GOLD}⚕ NOUS HERMES${RESET}`
-
-export function bootBanner(cols: number = process.stdout.columns || 80): string {
-  const body = cols >= LOGO_WIDTH ? LOGO.map((text, i) => `${GRADIENT[i]}${text}${RESET}`).join('\n') : FALLBACK
-
-  return `\n${body}\n${TAGLINE}\n\n`
-}
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx b/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx
index 6f1506e5aa..8fdf9f68fb 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S node --max-old-space-size=8192 --expose-gc
-import { bootBanner } from './bootBanner.js'
 import { GatewayClient } from './gatewayClient.js'
 import { setupGracefulExit } from './lib/gracefulExit.js'
 import { formatBytes, type HeapDumpResult, performHeapDump } from './lib/memory.js'
@@ -10,8 +9,6 @@ if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
   process.exit(0)
 }
 
-process.stdout.write(bootBanner())
-
 const gw = new GatewayClient()
 
 gw.start()