diff --git a/src/components/repo/RepoListItem.tsx b/src/components/repo/RepoListItem.tsx
index 22efa4f..254bdb2 100644
--- a/src/components/repo/RepoListItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/repo/RepoListItem.tsx
@@ -30,18 +30,17 @@ export function RepoListItem({ handle, repo }: RepoListItemProps) {
         className="pointer-events-auto absolute inset-0 rounded focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-ctp-lavender"
       />
 
-      <header className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
-        <div className="min-w-0">
+      <header className="min-w-0">
+        <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center justify-between gap-4">
           <h3 className="truncate font-mono text-base font-semibold text-ctp-text transition-colors group-hover:text-ctp-lavender">
             {name}
           </h3>
-
-          {value.knot && (
-            <p className="mt-1 truncate font-mono text-xs text-ctp-overlay-1">{value.knot}</p>
-          )}
+          <RepoStarCount repoDid={repoDid} />
         </div>
 
-        <RepoStarCount repoDid={repoDid} />
+        {value.knot && (
+          <p className="mt-1 truncate font-mono text-xs text-ctp-overlay-1">{value.knot}</p>
+        )}
       </header>
 
       {value.description && (
diff --git a/src/components/repo/RepoStarCount.tsx b/src/components/repo/RepoStarCount.tsx
index ce5d71f..6b736b3 100644
--- a/src/components/repo/RepoStarCount.tsx
+++ b/src/components/repo/RepoStarCount.tsx
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ export function RepoStarCount({ repoDid, variant = 'count' }: RepoStarCountProps
   }
 
   return (
-    <span className="shrink-0 font-mono text-sm leading-4 tabular-nums text-ctp-yellow">
-      <IconStar
-        size={16}
-        stroke={1.75}
-        aria-hidden="true"
-        className="mr-1 inline-block align-middle text-current"
-      />
+    <span
+      className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 font-mono text-sm leading-none tabular-nums text-ctp-yellow"
+      aria-label={`${count} stars`}
+    >
+      <IconStar size={16} stroke={1.75} aria-hidden="true" />
       {count}
     </span>
   )