diff --git a/internal/tui/screens/clean.go b/internal/tui/screens/clean.go
index 6d27085..fc22b7f 100644
--- a/internal/tui/screens/clean.go
+++ b/internal/tui/screens/clean.go
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func (c *CleanScreen) View() string {
 
 	case cleanModeDeleting:
 		content.WriteString(c.spinner.View())
-		content.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" Deleting releases... %d/%d", c.deleteIdx, c.countSelected()))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&content, " Deleting releases... %d/%d", c.deleteIdx, c.countSelected())
 		content.WriteString("\n\n")
 		if c.deleted > 0 {
 			content.WriteString(c.styles.Success.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%d deleted", c.deleted)))
diff --git a/internal/tui/screens/dashboard_v2.go b/internal/tui/screens/dashboard_v2.go
index 0224f20..6c79c1f 100644
--- a/internal/tui/screens/dashboard_v2.go
+++ b/internal/tui/screens/dashboard_v2.go
@@ -436,13 +436,13 @@ func (d *DashboardV2) renderSyncStatus() string {
 		if len(d.profiles) != 1 {
 			profileWord = "profiles"
 		}
-		status.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" %d %s", len(d.profiles), profileWord))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&status, " %d %s", len(d.profiles), profileWord)
 
 		// Pending count
 		if d.pendingSync > 0 {
 			status.WriteString("   ")
 			status.WriteString(d.styles.Warning.Render("●"))
-			status.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" %d pending", d.pendingSync))
+			fmt.Fprintf(&status, " %d pending", d.pendingSync)
 		}
 
 		// Archived count (repos preserved locally but no longer on remote)