diff --git a/packages/web/src/App.svelte b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
index ccffec7..10fe2b8 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/packages/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -1403,27 +1403,27 @@
           <button class="stamp tiny" class:lit={prefs.art === "drawn"}
             onclick={() => setPref("art", "drawn")}>alternate</button>
         </div>
-        <label class="pref-row">
+        <label class="pref-row pref-check">
           <input type="checkbox" checked={prefs.autoGrab}
             onchange={(e) => setPref("autoGrab", e.currentTarget.checked)} />
           <span>Ending my turn on a lone treasure picks it up (never on my own home)</span>
         </label>
-        <label class="pref-row">
+        <label class="pref-row pref-check">
           <input type="checkbox" checked={prefs.flourishes}
             onchange={(e) => setPref("flourishes", e.currentTarget.checked)} />
           <span>Spell flourishes (the animated effects)</span>
         </label>
-        <label class="pref-row">
+        <label class="pref-row pref-check">
           <input type="checkbox" checked={prefs.liveFp}
             onchange={(e) => setPref("liveFp", e.currentTarget.checked)} />
           <span>Through your eyes: a first-person pane above the board during play</span>
         </label>
-        <label class="pref-row">
+        <label class="pref-row pref-check">
           <input type="checkbox" checked={prefs.instantReplay}
             onchange={(e) => setPref("instantReplay", e.currentTarget.checked)} />
           <span>Instant replay: notable chronicle lines offer a 👁 that relives the turn</span>
         </label>
-        <label class="pref-row">
+        <label class="pref-row pref-check">
           <input type="checkbox" checked={prefs.cautions}
             onchange={(e) => setPref("cautions", e.currentTarget.checked)} />
           <span>Ask "are you sure?" before easy-to-regret plays (unspent movement, capped draws, undropped deliveries)</span>
@@ -2845,8 +2845,10 @@
     color: #43331f;
     text-align: left;
     cursor: pointer;
-    border-top: 1.5px solid #6b5a41;
   }
+  /* Rules divide the checkbox stanza only — never framing it, never
+     around the control rows. */
+  .pref-check + .pref-check { border-top: 1.5px solid #6b5a41; }
   /* Checkboxes wear the table's own ink: a stamp-bordered box, checked
      solid with a parchment tick — the native widget never matches the
      parchment. */