diff --git a/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner b/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner
index 6fdbe34869..2ee0835630 100755
--- a/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner
+++ b/dietpi/func/dietpi-banner
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
                 title=$(echo "$stripped_title" | fold -s -w $TERM_WIDTH)
                 title="${title//$'\n'/$'\n'   }"
 		        title="${aCOLOUR[1]}${title}$COLOUR_RESET"
-                title_len=$(( (($title_len + 3) % $TERM_WIDTH) + 3 ))   ## leftover minus paddding
+                ## Recalculate the title length based on the last line with padding
+                title_len=$(( (($title_len + 3) % $TERM_WIDTH) + 3 ))
 	        fi
 
             local avail_len=$(( ($TERM_WIDTH - $title_len) - 1))
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
             ## The description is typically very long, and is folded from the second line
             ## onwards into the remaining available space, with left padding.
 	        if (( $descp_len >= $avail_len )); then
-                descp=$(echo ""$stripped_descp"" | fold -s -w $avail_len)
+                descp=$(echo "$stripped_descp" | fold -s -w $avail_len)
                 descp="${descp//$'\n'/$'\n'${left_pad}}"
 	        fi
         fi