diff --git a/src/codex32/_bitcoin_core.py b/src/codex32/_bitcoin_core.py
index b2689ea5..b1eae17c 100644
--- a/src/codex32/_bitcoin_core.py
+++ b/src/codex32/_bitcoin_core.py
@@ -449,12 +449,15 @@ def initialize(
                     continue
                 # Checked last, after any wait above: a pruning node keeps pruning while it waits.
                 self.check_history(timestamp)
+                # Core's "now" is its tip's time: the genesis block's on an offline signer that never
+                # synced, and watch-only exports carry it. A new wallet takes this computer's clock,
+                # a day early like a record's date, so a fast clock cannot skip its first payments.
                 records = core_descriptors(
                     secret,
                     account=account,
                     testnet=self.chain != "main",
                     private=True,
-                    timestamp=timestamp,
+                    timestamp=max(0, int(time.time()) - 86400) if timestamp == "now" else timestamp,
                 )
                 imported = self._rpc(
                     "importdescriptors",
diff --git a/src/codex32_gui/pages.py b/src/codex32_gui/pages.py
index 6ed80813..4dbccb95 100644
--- a/src/codex32_gui/pages.py
+++ b/src/codex32_gui/pages.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Literal
 
-from gi.repository import Adw, Gio, GLib, Gtk
+from gi.repository import Adw, Gio, GLib, Gtk, Pango
 
 from codex32 import (
     ConfirmationResult,
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def _page(
 ) -> Adw.NavigationPage:
     scroller = Gtk.ScrolledWindow(hscrollbar_policy=Gtk.PolicyType.NEVER, vexpand=True)
     scroller.set_child(Adw.Clamp(maximum_size=700, child=content, margin_start=18, margin_end=18))
+    scroller.get_vadjustment().connect("changed", lambda shown: _grow(scroller, shown))
     bars = Adw.ToolbarView()
     bars.add_top_bar(Adw.HeaderBar())
     bars.set_content(scroller)
@@ -121,6 +122,15 @@ def _page(
     return page
 
 
+def _grow(scroller: Gtk.ScrolledWindow, shown: Gtk.Adjustment) -> None:
+    """Make the window taller, never past the screen, until the page needs no scrolling."""
+    window, short = scroller.get_root(), shown.get_upper() - shown.get_page_size()
+    if short > 0 and isinstance(window, Gtk.Window) and (surface := window.get_surface()) is not None:
+        width, height = window.get_default_size()
+        screen = window.get_display().get_monitor_at_surface(surface).get_geometry().height
+        window.set_default_size(width, min(height + int(short) + 1, screen))
+
+
 def _column(*children: Gtk.Widget) -> Gtk.Box:
     box = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL, spacing=14, margin_top=18, margin_bottom=18)
     for child in children:
@@ -215,9 +225,11 @@ def _blank(flow: Gtk.FlowBox) -> None:
 
 
 def _rows(title: str, values: Sequence[tuple[str, str]]) -> Adw.PreferencesGroup:
-    group = Adw.PreferencesGroup(title=title)
+    group = Adw.PreferencesGroup(title=title, css_classes=["compact"])
     for label, value in values:
-        group.add(Adw.ActionRow(title=label, subtitle=value, subtitle_selectable=True, use_markup=False))
+        row = Adw.ActionRow(title=label, use_markup=False)
+        row.add_suffix(Gtk.Label(label=value, selectable=True, wrap=True, wrap_mode=Pango.WrapMode.WORD_CHAR))
+        group.add(row)
     return group
 
 
diff --git a/src/codex32_gui/style.py b/src/codex32_gui/style.py
index 2bc7879b..6c3cbca2 100644
--- a/src/codex32_gui/style.py
+++ b/src/codex32_gui/style.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
   border-radius: 12px;
   padding: 14px;
 }
+.compact row > box.header {
+  min-height: 0;
+  padding-top: 0;
+  padding-bottom: 0;
+}
 .reading {
   font-size: 0.9rem;
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_bitcoin_core.py b/tests/test_bitcoin_core.py
index f0ecee7e..557f7962 100644
--- a/tests/test_bitcoin_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_bitcoin_core.py
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ def test_encrypted_import_retries_without_a_passphrase_verifies_and_relocks(
         "_rpc",
         lambda client, *args, wallet=None, stdin=None: rpc(client, *args, wallet=wallet, stdin=stdin),
     )
+    monkeypatch.setattr("codex32._bitcoin_core.time.time", lambda: 1_700_000_000.5)
     client = BitcoinCore("bitcoin-cli", "main", 300000)
     messages: list[str] = []
     delays: list[int] = []
@@ -411,7 +412,8 @@ def unlock(seconds: int) -> None:
     assert arguments == ("importdescriptors",) and wallet == "signer"
     assert private_stdin is not None and private_stdin.endswith("\n")
     records = json.loads(private_stdin)
-    assert len(records) == 4 and all(record["timestamp"] == "now" for record in records)
+    # A new wallet's "now" is this computer's clock less a day, not Core's tip (genesis offline).
+    assert len(records) == 4 and all(record["timestamp"] == 1_700_000_000 - 86400 for record in records)
     assert all("xprv" in record["desc"] for record in records)
     assert all("xprv" not in " ".join((*args, selected or "")) for args, selected, _data in rpc.calls)
     assert sum(args[:2] == ("-named", "derivehdkey") for args, _wallet, _stdin in rpc.calls) == 4
diff --git a/tests/test_gui_boundaries.py b/tests/test_gui_boundaries.py
index 1d73c9c7..e2ada80c 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui_boundaries.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui_boundaries.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     }
 )
 CORE_ADAPTER = "codex32._bitcoin_core"
-BUDGET = 2050
+BUDGET = 2063
 
 
 def _package() -> Path: