diff --git a/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/BluetoothIndicator.qml b/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/BluetoothIndicator.qml
index 3b6e9ac..93ed5ae 100644
--- a/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/BluetoothIndicator.qml
+++ b/dotfiles/.config/quickshell/modules/bar/BluetoothIndicator.qml
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ import "../../config"
 
 Item {
     id: root
-    implicitWidth: label.implicitWidth + 4
+    // Independent left/right breathing room around the glyph. Material
+    // Symbols icons aren't monospaced — each one's font-reported advance
+    // width (label.implicitWidth) bakes in its own side bearings, so the
+    // same "+4, centered" math that every other bar icon uses can still
+    // look tighter/looser icon-to-icon. Tune these two by eye instead of
+    // the icon's own bounding box to even it out against its neighbours.
+    property real iconLeftPadding: 0
+    property real iconRightPadding: 0
+    implicitWidth: root.iconLeftPadding + label.implicitWidth + root.iconRightPadding
     implicitHeight: Appearance.barHeight
 
     // The bar's own PanelWindow — passed in from Bar.qml so this popup can
@@ -128,7 +136,9 @@ Item {
 
     Text {
         id: label
-        anchors.centerIn: parent
+        anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.leftMargin: root.iconLeftPadding
         font.family: Appearance.iconFontFamilyRounded
         font.variableAxes: Appearance.iconFontAxes
         font.pixelSize: 16