diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/list_renderer.go b/pkg/gui/context/list_renderer.go
index e324d8eb6..40562a599 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/list_renderer.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/list_renderer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package context
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ func (self *ListRenderer) renderLines(startIdx int, endIdx int) string {
 	if self.getColumnAlignments != nil {
 		columnAlignments = self.getColumnAlignments()
 	}
-	return utils.RenderDisplayStrings(
+	lines := utils.RenderDisplayStrings(
 		self.getDisplayStrings(startIdx, utils.Min(endIdx, self.list.Len())),
 		columnAlignments)
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go
index 493260ad2..5167681cd 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits_test.go
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ func TestGetCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 					s.showYouAreHereLabel,
 				)
 
-				renderedResult := utils.RenderDisplayStrings(result, nil)
+				renderedLines := utils.RenderDisplayStrings(result, nil)
+				renderedResult := strings.Join(renderedLines, "\n")
 				t.Logf("\n%s", renderedResult)
 
 				assert.EqualValues(t, s.expected, renderedResult)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/formatting.go b/pkg/utils/formatting.go
index 93be8ec5c..412d01893 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/formatting.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/formatting.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func WithPadding(str string, padding int, alignment Alignment) string {
 
 // defaults to left-aligning each column. If you want to set the alignment of
 // each column, pass in a slice of Alignment values.
-func RenderDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr [][]string, columnAlignments []Alignment) string {
+func RenderDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr [][]string, columnAlignments []Alignment) []string {
 	displayStringsArr = excludeBlankColumns(displayStringsArr)
 	padWidths := getPadWidths(displayStringsArr)
 	columnConfigs := make([]ColumnConfig, len(padWidths))
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ func RenderDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr [][]string, columnAlignments []Align
 			Alignment: alignment,
 		}
 	}
-	output := getPaddedDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr, columnConfigs)
-
-	return output
+	return getPaddedDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr, columnConfigs)
 }
 
 // NOTE: this mutates the input slice for the sake of performance
@@ -91,12 +89,13 @@ outer:
 	return displayStringsArr
 }
 
-func getPaddedDisplayStrings(stringArrays [][]string, columnConfigs []ColumnConfig) string {
-	builder := strings.Builder{}
-	for i, stringArray := range stringArrays {
+func getPaddedDisplayStrings(stringArrays [][]string, columnConfigs []ColumnConfig) []string {
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(stringArrays))
+	for _, stringArray := range stringArrays {
 		if len(stringArray) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
+		builder := strings.Builder{}
 		for j, columnConfig := range columnConfigs {
 			if len(stringArray)-1 < j {
 				continue
@@ -108,12 +107,9 @@ func getPaddedDisplayStrings(stringArrays [][]string, columnConfigs []ColumnConf
 			continue
 		}
 		builder.WriteString(stringArray[len(columnConfigs)])
-
-		if i < len(stringArrays)-1 {
-			builder.WriteString("\n")
-		}
+		result = append(result, builder.String())
 	}
-	return builder.String()
+	return result
 }
 
 func getPadWidths(stringArrays [][]string) []int {
diff --git a/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go b/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go
index b1777911b..38e3849ae 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -217,6 +218,6 @@ func TestRenderDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		output := RenderDisplayStrings(test.input, test.columnAlignments)
-		assert.EqualValues(t, test.expected, output)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, test.expected, strings.Join(output, "\n"))
 	}
 }