diff --git a/ui/event_handlers.go b/ui/event_handlers.go
index 1b1e2c0fe..b7a6363e9 100644
--- a/ui/event_handlers.go
+++ b/ui/event_handlers.go
@@ -25,15 +25,18 @@ const maxBarWidth = 50
 const statusSet = common.SpinnerDotSet // SpinnerCircleOutlineSet
 const completedStatus = "✔"            // "●"
 const tileFormat = color.Bold
-const statusTitleTemplate = " %s %-31s "
 const interval = 150 * time.Millisecond
 
+// StatusTitleColumn is the column index in a given row where status text will be displayed.
+const StatusTitleColumn = 31
+
 var (
 	auxInfoFormat            = color.HEX("#777777")
 	dockerPullCompletedColor = color.HEX("#fcba03")
 	dockerPullDownloadColor  = color.HEX("#777777")
 	dockerPullExtractColor   = color.White
 	dockerPullStageChars     = strings.Split("▁▃▄▅▆▇█", "")
+	statusTitleTemplate      = fmt.Sprintf(" %%s %%-%ds ", StatusTitleColumn)
 )
 
 // startProcess is a helper function for providing common elements for long-running UI elements (such as a