diff --git a/scripts/text-theme.test.mts b/scripts/text-theme.test.mts
index f2379e2..97999bb 100644
--- a/scripts/text-theme.test.mts
+++ b/scripts/text-theme.test.mts
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ describe("text theme track info", () => {
 	});
 });
 
+describe("text theme playback bar", () => {
+	it("keeps Spotify 1.3 timestamps in flow beside the slash separator", () => {
+		const css = readFileSync(TEXT_THEME_CSS, "utf8");
+
+		assert.match(
+			css,
+			/\.playback-bar__progress-time-elapsed\s*>\s*span,\s*\.main-playbackBarRemainingTime-container\s*>\s*span\s*\{[^}]*position:\s*static\s*;[^}]*contain:\s*none\s*;/s,
+		);
+	});
+});
+
 describe("text theme expanded now playing view", () => {
 	it("uses the theme surface instead of Spotify's black cinema gutter", () => {
 		const css = readFileSync(TEXT_THEME_CSS, "utf8");
diff --git a/themes/text/index.css b/themes/text/index.css
index 15881f3..8a3c7e3 100644
--- a/themes/text/index.css
+++ b/themes/text/index.css
@@ -800,6 +800,11 @@ form .main-topBar-searchBar:placeholder-shown {
 	pointer-events: none;
 	width: unset;
 }
+.playback-bar__progress-time-elapsed > span,
+.main-playbackBarRemainingTime-container > span {
+	position: static;
+	contain: none;
+}
 .playback-bar__progress-time-elapsed::after {
 	content: " /";
 }