diff --git a/panel/Bootstrap.swift b/panel/Bootstrap.swift
index a4a37ab..a44ca30 100644
--- a/panel/Bootstrap.swift
+++ b/panel/Bootstrap.swift
@@ -515,10 +515,17 @@ enum Bootstrap {
     // benefit, not the daemon's).
     private static func writeDaemonPlistIfVenvPresent() throws {
         guard let venvURL = bundledVenvURL() else { return }
+        // Invoke via python3 with stackvox as a script argument. pip
+        // stamps an absolute build-time shebang into the stackvox script
+        // — CI-built bundles end up with /Users/runner/... which doesn't
+        // exist on user machines, so running the script directly fails
+        // with "bad interpreter". python3 is a real Mach-O binary that's
+        // relocatable; calling it directly bypasses the shebang entirely.
+        let python = venvURL.appendingPathComponent("bin/python3").path
         let stackvox = venvURL.appendingPathComponent("bin/stackvox").path
         let logPath = "\(installDir)/daemon.log"
         try writePlist(label: daemonLabel,
-                       programArgs: [stackvox, "serve"],
+                       programArgs: [python, stackvox, "serve"],
                        logPath: logPath,
                        env: stackvoxEnv(venvURL: venvURL))
     }
diff --git a/panel/PanelNav.swift b/panel/PanelNav.swift
index 46af888..a98a14f 100644
--- a/panel/PanelNav.swift
+++ b/panel/PanelNav.swift
@@ -249,11 +249,21 @@ final class PanelNav: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     private nonisolated static func runStackvoxVoices() -> [String] {
-        let stackvox = "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.stack-nudge/venv/bin/stackvox"
-        guard FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: stackvox) else { return [] }
+        // Invoke python3 with stackvox as a script argument rather than
+        // executing the stackvox script directly. pip stamps an absolute
+        // shebang at install time pointing at the build machine's python3
+        // path — CI-built bundles end up with /Users/runner/... shebangs
+        // that don't exist on user machines, so direct execution fails
+        // with "bad interpreter". Calling python3 directly bypasses it.
+        let venvBin = "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.stack-nudge/venv/bin"
+        let python = "\(venvBin)/python3"
+        let stackvox = "\(venvBin)/stackvox"
+        guard FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: python),
+              FileManager.default.isReadableFile(atPath: stackvox)
+        else { return [] }
         let task = Process()
-        task.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: stackvox)
-        task.arguments = ["voices"]
+        task.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: python)
+        task.arguments = [stackvox, "voices"]
         let pipe = Pipe()
         task.standardOutput = pipe
         task.standardError = Pipe()
diff --git a/panel/SessionUsage.swift b/panel/SessionUsage.swift
index 6c048a9..c5d2c0a 100644
--- a/panel/SessionUsage.swift
+++ b/panel/SessionUsage.swift
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ struct UsageView: View {
                     .padding(.vertical, 14)
                     .background(ThinScrollers())
                 }
+                // Explicit max-height claim so the ScrollView reliably
+                // bounds itself to the panel's available area instead of
+                // expanding to fit its content (which clipped behind the
+                // PageFooter without a visible scrollbar hint). Force the
+                // indicator visible so users can tell there's more to see.
+                .frame(maxHeight: .infinity)
+                .scrollIndicators(.visible)
             } else {
                 emptyState
             }
diff --git a/panel/Speaker.swift b/panel/Speaker.swift
index ed2bf51..aa562ac 100644
--- a/panel/Speaker.swift
+++ b/panel/Speaker.swift
@@ -9,23 +9,29 @@ import AppKit
 // binary anymore; speech goes through `stackvox say <text>` as a subcommand.
 enum Speaker {
 
+    // Never invoke the `stackvox` script directly — pip stamps an absolute
+    // shebang at install time, so a venv built on the CI runner has a
+    // shebang pointing at /Users/runner/... that doesn't exist on user
+    // machines. Always go through `python3 <script-path>` so the shebang
+    // is bypassed and python3's own binary (a real Mach-O) handles loading.
     static func speak(_ text: String, voice: String? = nil, speed: String? = nil) {
         let venvBin = "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.stack-nudge/venv/bin"
-        let stackvox    = "\(venvBin)/stackvox"
-        let socketPath  = "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.cache/stackvox/daemon.sock"
-        guard FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: stackvox) else { return }
+        let python = "\(venvBin)/python3"
+        let stackvox = "\(venvBin)/stackvox"
+        let socketPath = "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.cache/stackvox/daemon.sock"
+        guard FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: python),
+              FileManager.default.isReadableFile(atPath: stackvox)
+        else { return }
+
+        let venvURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.stack-nudge/venv")
+            .resolvingSymlinksInPath()
+        var env = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
+        env.merge(Bootstrap.stackvoxEnv(venvURL: venvURL)) { _, new in new }
 
         if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: socketPath) {
             let serve = Process()
-            serve.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: stackvox)
-            serve.arguments = ["serve"]
-            // Same espeak-ng data-path workaround as the launchd plist —
-            // the wheel's libespeak-ng.dylib has a CI-build phontab path
-            // baked in; ESPEAK_DATA_PATH overrides it at runtime.
-            let venvURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "\(NSHomeDirectory())/.stack-nudge/venv")
-                .resolvingSymlinksInPath()
-            var env = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
-            env.merge(Bootstrap.stackvoxEnv(venvURL: venvURL)) { _, new in new }
+            serve.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: python)
+            serve.arguments = [stackvox, "serve"]
             serve.environment = env
             try? serve.run()
         }
@@ -34,8 +40,9 @@ enum Speaker {
         let resolvedVoice = voice ?? config["STACKNUDGE_VOICE_NAME"]  ?? "af_aoede"
         let resolvedSpeed = speed ?? config["STACKNUDGE_VOICE_SPEED"] ?? "1.1"
         let say = Process()
-        say.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: stackvox)
-        say.arguments = ["say", "--voice", resolvedVoice, "--speed", resolvedSpeed, text]
+        say.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: python)
+        say.arguments = [stackvox, "say", "--voice", resolvedVoice, "--speed", resolvedSpeed, text]
+        say.environment = env
         say.standardOutput = FileHandle.nullDevice
         say.standardError = FileHandle.nullDevice
         say.terminationHandler = { ended in