diff --git a/webui/plugins/podman/styles/podman.css b/webui/plugins/podman/styles/podman.css
index e32bef9..063678f 100644
--- a/webui/plugins/podman/styles/podman.css
+++ b/webui/plugins/podman/styles/podman.css
@@ -345,6 +345,12 @@
 .podman-log-pane {
   background: #0f1114; color: #c7ccd4; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 12.3px;
   padding: 14px 16px; height: 400px; overflow-y: auto; line-height: 1.65;
+  /* Settings' service log (and the log modal) set .textContent directly
+     on this element rather than wrapping every line in a child .l div —
+     needs its own white-space here too, or real newlines in rc.podman's
+     output collapse into one run-together line (found live: the whole
+     multi-line `rc.podman status` output rendered as a single paragraph). */
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
 }
 .podman-log-pane .l { white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; }
 .podman-log-pane .ts { color: #6b7280; }