diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard b/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard
index 82e1f34..c40721d 100755
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-install-dashboard
@@ -123,7 +123,16 @@ repeat() {
 
 logo_width() {
   if [[ -f $LOGO_PATH ]]; then
-    awk '{ if (length > max) max = length } END { print max+0 }' "$LOGO_PATH"
+    # The logo is drawn in box-drawing glyphs, three bytes each in UTF-8, so
+    # awk's `length` returns 197 rather than 81 unless the locale happens to be
+    # UTF-8 — and a width wider than the console makes left_padding clamp to
+    # zero, which puts the logo flush left. Count bytes deliberately (LC_ALL=C)
+    # and drop the continuation bytes instead, so the answer is columns in every
+    # locale rather than only in the ones that have a charset.
+    LC_ALL=C awk '
+      { gsub(/[\200-\277]/, ""); if (length > max) max = length }
+      END { print max+0 }
+    ' "$LOGO_PATH"
   else
     printf '81\n'
   fi