diff --git a/packages/pi-tui/src/ledger/engine.ts b/packages/pi-tui/src/ledger/engine.ts
index fd823c416..fa5a0a275 100644
--- a/packages/pi-tui/src/ledger/engine.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-tui/src/ledger/engine.ts
@@ -688,4 +688,29 @@ export class LedgerTuiEngine {
 		this.#preparedMeta = [];
 		this.#preparedValidRows = 0;
 	}
+
+	// Park the hardware cursor just past the last content row so the host's shell
+	// prompt does not overwrite painted rows on exit. Mirrors TUI.stop()'s legacy
+	// cursor-parking, but sourced from the ledger's own window/cursor state.
+	public parkCursorForExit(): void {
+		const window = this.#previousWindow;
+		if (window.length === 0) return;
+		let lastContentRow = -1;
+		for (let i = window.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			if ((window[i] ?? "").length > 0) {
+				lastContentRow = i;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		const targetRow = lastContentRow + 1;
+		const height = this.terminal.rows;
+		const rawCursorRow = this.#hardwareCursorRow - this.#windowTopRow;
+		const cursorScreenRow = Math.max(0, Math.min(height - 1, rawCursorRow));
+		let seq = "";
+		const lineDiff = targetRow - cursorScreenRow;
+		if (lineDiff > 0) seq += `\x1b[${lineDiff}B`;
+		else if (lineDiff < 0) seq += `\x1b[${-lineDiff}A`;
+		seq += "\r\n";
+		this.terminal.write(seq);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/pi-tui/src/tui.ts b/packages/pi-tui/src/tui.ts
index ae3e6614b..8bd38c652 100644
--- a/packages/pi-tui/src/tui.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-tui/src/tui.ts
@@ -706,7 +706,9 @@ export class TUI extends Container {
 			this.terminal.write("\x1b[?2031l");
 		}
 		// Move cursor to the end of the content to prevent overwriting/artifacts on exit
-		if (this.previousLines.length > 0) {
+		if (TUI.LEDGER_ENABLED && this.ledgerEngine) {
+			this.ledgerEngine.parkCursorForExit();
+		} else if (this.previousLines.length > 0) {
 			const targetRow = this.previousLines.length; // Line after the last content
 			const lineDiff = targetRow - this.hardwareCursorRow;
 			if (lineDiff > 0) {
diff --git a/packages/pi-tui/test/ledger-engine-golden.test.ts b/packages/pi-tui/test/ledger-engine-golden.test.ts
index ed51f9415..5366b39b3 100644
--- a/packages/pi-tui/test/ledger-engine-golden.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pi-tui/test/ledger-engine-golden.test.ts
@@ -96,4 +96,26 @@ describe("ledger engine golden", () => {
 			tui.stop();
 		});
 	});
+
+	it("parks cursor past content on stop()", async () => {
+		await withLedger(async () => {
+			const terminal = new LoggingVirtualTerminal(40, 10);
+			const tui = new TUI(terminal);
+			const c = new TestComponent();
+			tui.addChild(c);
+			c.lines = ["Hello", "World"];
+			tui.start();
+			await terminal.waitForRender();
+			terminal.clearWrites();
+			tui.stop();
+			const writes = terminal.getWrites();
+			// stop() must emit a cursor-parking sequence ending with CRLF so the host
+			// shell prompt lands on a fresh line below the painted content (not
+			// overwriting it). This regresses the ledger-path exit artifact.
+			assert.ok(
+				writes.includes("\r\n"),
+				`stop() should park cursor with a trailing CRLF; got: ${JSON.stringify(writes)}`,
+			);
+		});
+	});
 });