diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
index 220f9747f..841235faf 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-dashboard/config.el
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Possible values:
 (defun +doom-dashboard|init ()
   "Initializes Doom's dashboard."
   (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'+doom-dashboard|resize)
+  (add-hook 'window-size-change-functions #'+doom-dashboard|resize)
   (add-hook 'kill-buffer-query-functions #'+doom-dashboard|reload-on-kill)
   (add-hook 'doom-after-switch-buffer-hook #'+doom-dashboard|reload-on-kill)
   (unless (daemonp)
@@ -146,12 +147,35 @@ If this is the dashboard buffer, reload the dashboard."
 whose dimensions may not be fully initialized by the time this is run."
   (run-with-timer 0.1 nil #'+doom-dashboard/open frame))
 
-(defun +doom-dashboard|resize ()
-  "Resize the margins and fringes on dashboard windows."
-  (dolist (win (get-buffer-window-list (doom-fallback-buffer) nil t))
-    (set-window-fringes win 0 0)
-    (set-window-margins
-     win (max 0 (/ (- (window-total-width win) +doom-dashboard--width) 2)))))
+(defun +doom-dashboard|resize (&rest _)
+  "Recenter the dashboard, and reset its margins and fringes."
+  (let ((windows (get-buffer-window-list (doom-fallback-buffer) nil t)))
+    (dolist (win windows)
+      (set-window-start win 0)
+      (set-window-fringes win 0 0)
+      (set-window-margins
+       win (max 0 (/ (- (window-total-width win) +doom-dashboard--width) 2))))
+    (when windows
+      (with-current-buffer (doom-fallback-buffer)
+        (save-excursion
+          (with-silent-modifications
+            (goto-char (point-min))
+            (cond ((display-graphic-p)
+                   (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position)))
+                   (insert (propertize
+                            (char-to-string ?\uE001)
+                            'display `((space :align-to 0
+                                              :height ,(max 0 (- (/ (window-height (get-buffer-window)) 2)
+                                                                 (/ (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 2.5))))))
+                           "\n"))
+                  (t
+                   (while (string-empty-p (buffer-substring-no-properties (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))
+                     (delete-region (line-beginning-position) (1+ (line-end-position))))
+                   (insert
+                    "\n"
+                    (make-string (max 0 (- (/ (window-height (get-buffer-window)) 2)
+                                           (/ (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 2)))
+                                 ?\n))))))))))
 
 (defun +doom-dashboard|detect-project (&rest _)
   "Check for a `last-project-root' parameter in the perspective, and set the
@@ -212,13 +236,10 @@ controlled by `+doom-dashboard-pwd-policy'."
           (unless (eq major-mode '+doom-dashboard-mode)
             (+doom-dashboard-mode))
           (erase-buffer)
-          (save-excursion (mapc #'funcall +doom-dashboard-functions))
-          (insert
-           (make-string (max 0 (- (/ (window-height (get-buffer-window)) 2)
-                                  (/ (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 2)))
-                        ?\n))))
-      (+doom-dashboard|detect-project)
+          (insert "\n")
+          (run-hooks '+doom-dashboard-functions)))
       (+doom-dashboard|resize)
+      (+doom-dashboard|detect-project)
       (+doom-dashboard-update-pwd)
       (current-buffer))))