diff --git a/src/render/markdown.ts b/src/render/markdown.ts
index 55cf103..c0f25fd 100644
--- a/src/render/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/render/markdown.ts
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
       );
     },
     paragraph: (children) =>
-      Bun.wrapAnsi(`${children}\n\n`, columns - 2, { trim: false }),
+      Bun.wrapAnsi(`${children}\n\n`, columns, { trim: false }),
     blockquote: (children) => {
-      const lines = Bun.wrapAnsi(children, columns).split("\n");
+      const lines = Bun.wrapAnsi(`\n${children.trim()}`, columns - 2, {
+        trim: false,
+      })
+        .concat("\n")
+        .split("\n");
       const toRender = lines
         .map((line) => `${chalk.dim("> ")}${line}`)
         .join("\n")
@@ -78,8 +82,10 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
 
       return `\`\`\`${chalk.blue(meta?.language ?? "")}\n${toRender}\`\`\`\n`;
     },
-    list: (children, { depth }) =>
-      `${depth > 0 ? "\n" : ""}${children.trimEnd()}${depth === 0 ? "\n\n" : ""}`,
+    list: (children, { depth }) => {
+      const trimmed = children.trimEnd();
+      return depth === 0 ? `${trimmed}\n\n` : `\n${trimmed}`;
+    },
     listItem: (children, { index, depth, ordered, start, checked }) => {
       const indent = "  ".repeat(depth);
       let marker = "";
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
       } else {
         marker = "•";
       }
+
       return Bun.wrapAnsi(`${indent}  ${marker} ${children}\n`, columns, {
         trim: false,
       });
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
         .header(header)
         .body(body)
         .border()
-        .maxColWidth(Math.floor(columns / header.length) - 2)
+        .maxColWidth(Math.floor(columns / header.length) - 3)
         .toString();
       header = [];
       body = [];