diff --git a/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md b/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
index dda46cad1..c99b8685e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
+++ b/doc/man/man1/notcurses-demo.1.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ At any time, press 'q' to quit. The demo is best run in at least an 80x45 termin
 **-V**: Print the program name and version, and exit with success.
 
 demospec: Select which demos to run, and what order to run them in. The
-default is **ixezaydthnbcmgrwuvlsfjqo**. See above for a list of demos.
+default is **ixezydthnbcmgarwuvlsfjqo**. See above for a list of demos.
 
 Default margins are all 0, and thus the full screen will be rendered. Using
 **-m**, margins can be supplied. Provide a single number to set all four margins
diff --git a/src/demo/demo.c b/src/demo/demo.c
index afaf6aafd..8425741ce 100644
--- a/src/demo/demo.c
+++ b/src/demo/demo.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static int democount;
 static demoresult* results;
 static char *datadir = NOTCURSES_SHARE;
 
-static const char DEFAULT_DEMO[] = "ixezaydthnbcmgrwuvlsfjqo";
+static const char DEFAULT_DEMO[] = "ixezydthnbcmgarwuvlsfjqo";
 
 atomic_bool interrupted = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(false);
 // checked following demos, whether aborted, failed, or otherwise
diff --git a/src/demo/hud.c b/src/demo/hud.c
index 6d5672f3c..447992127 100644
--- a/src/demo/hud.c
+++ b/src/demo/hud.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int plot_pos_y;
 
 // how many columns for runtime?
 #define HUD_ROWS (3 + 2) // 2 for borders
-static const int HUD_COLS = 30 + 2; // 2 for borders
+static const int HUD_COLS = 24 + 2; // 2 for borders
 
 typedef struct elem {
   char* name;
@@ -304,11 +304,11 @@ hud_print_finished(elem* list){
       if(ncplane_printf_yx(hud, line, 1, "%d", e->frames) < 0){
         return -1;
       }
-      if(ncplane_printf_yx(hud, line, 7, "%ju.%02jus", e->totalns / GIG,
-                           (e->totalns % GIG) / (GIG / 100)) < 0){
+      if(ncplane_printf_yx(hud, line, 7, "%ju.%03jus", e->totalns / GIG,
+                           (e->totalns % GIG) / 1000000) < 0){
         return -1;
       }
-      if(ncplane_putstr_yx(hud, line, 18, e->name) < 0){
+      if(ncplane_putstr_yx(hud, line, 16, e->name) < 0){
         return -1;
       }
     }
@@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ int demo_render(struct notcurses* nc){
     if(ncplane_printf_yx(hud, 1, 1, "%d", elems->frames) < 0){
       return -1;
     }
-    if(ncplane_printf_yx(hud, 1, 7, "%ju.%02jus",
-                         ns / GIG, (ns % GIG) / (GIG / 100)) < 0){
+    if(ncplane_printf_yx(hud, 1, 7, "%ju.%03jus", ns / GIG,
+                         (ns % GIG) / 1000000) < 0){
       return -1;
     }
-    if(ncplane_putstr_yx(hud, 1, 18, elems->name) < 0){
+    if(ncplane_putstr_yx(hud, 1, 16, elems->name) < 0){
       return -1;
     }
   }