diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/card-perma.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/card-perma.css
index 08c859420..792ba33e4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/card-perma.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/card-perma.css
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     --actions-block-inset: 1.5rem;
     --actions-inline-inset: 4rem;
     --color-container: color-mix(in srgb, var(--card-color) 33%, var(--color-canvas));
+    --half-btn-height: 1.25rem;
     --padding-inline: calc(var(--block-space-double) + var(--block-space));
     --padding-block: calc(var(--block-space-double) + var(--block-space-half));
 
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@
     grid-template-areas:
       "notch-top notch-top notch-top"
       "actions-left card actions-right"
-      "notch-bottom notch-bottom notch-bottom";
+      "notch-bottom notch-bottom notch-bottom"
+      "closure-message closure-message closure-message";
     grid-template-columns: 48px minmax(0, 1120px) 48px;
     inline-size: fit-content;
     margin-block-start: var(--block-space);
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@
       grid-template-areas:
         "notch-top notch-top notch-top"
         "card card card"
-        "actions-left notch-bottom actions-right";
+        "actions-left notch-bottom actions-right"
+        "closure-message closure-message closure-message";
       grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
       inline-size: calc(100% + 2 * var(--padding-inline));
       margin-inline: calc(-1 * var(--padding-inline));
@@ -284,13 +287,14 @@
   }
 
   .card-perma__notch--bottom {
-    --half-btn-height: 1.25rem;
-
     grid-area: notch-bottom;
 
     /* Overlap the card BG by half the button height */
     &:has(.btn) {
-      translate: 0 calc(-1 * var(--half-btn-height));
+      &,
+      ~ .card-perma__closure-message {
+        translate: 0 calc(-1 * var(--half-btn-height));
+      }
     }
 
     form {
@@ -322,5 +326,8 @@
 
   .card-perma__closure-message {
     color: var(--card-color);
+    grid-area: closure-message;
+    margin-block-start: 0.5ch;
+    padding-inline: 1ch;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/views/cards/container/_closure.html.erb b/app/views/cards/container/_closure.html.erb
index f7c69a98d..09b7a4ef4 100644
--- a/app/views/cards/container/_closure.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/cards/container/_closure.html.erb
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-<div class="card-perma__notch card-perma__notch--bottom flex-column" id="<%= dom_id(card, :card_closure_toggle) %>">
+<div class="display-contents" id="<%= dom_id(card, :card_closure_toggle) %>">
   <% if card.closed? %>
-    <div class="flex gap-half margin-block-start-double margin-block-end">
-      <span class="card-perma__closure-message">Completed by <%= card.closed_by.name %> on <%= local_datetime_tag(card.closed_at, style: :shortdate) %>.</span>
-      <%= button_to card_closure_path(card), method: :delete, class: "btn btn--plain borderless fill-transparent" do %>
-        <span class="pad-inline-end">Undo</span>
-      <% end %>
+    <div class="card-perma__notch card-perma__notch--bottom flex-column">
+      <div class="flex gap-half margin-block-start-double margin-block-end">
+        <span class="card-perma__closure-message">Completed by <%= card.closed_by.name %> on <%= local_datetime_tag(card.closed_at, style: :shortdate) %>.</span>
+        <%= button_to card_closure_path(card), method: :delete, class: "btn btn--plain borderless fill-transparent" do %>
+          <span class="pad-inline-end">Undo</span>
+        <% end %>
+      </div>
     </div>
   <% else %>
-    <%= render "cards/container/closure_buttons", card: card %>
-
-    <div id="<%= dom_id(card, :closure_notice) %>">
-      <% if card.entropic? && card.open? && !card.postponed? %>
-        <div class="card-perma__closure-message">
-          Moves to “Not Now” <%= local_datetime_tag(card.entropy.auto_clean_at, style: :indays) -%> if there’s no activity.
-        </div>
-      <% end %>
+    <div class="card-perma__notch card-perma__notch--bottom flex-column">
+      <%= render "cards/container/closure_buttons", card: card %>
     </div>
+    <% if card.entropic? && card.open? && !card.postponed? %>
+      <div class="card-perma__closure-message" id="<%= dom_id(card, :closure_notice) %>">
+        Moves to “Not Now” <%= local_datetime_tag(card.entropy.auto_clean_at, style: :indays) -%> if there’s no activity.
+      </div>
+    <% end %>
   <% end %>
 </div>