diff --git a/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html b/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
index 73f1f6b..e609e4b 100644
--- a/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
+++ b/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
@@ -641,8 +641,7 @@ try {
     <button id="btn-leave" disabled>leave</button>
   </div>
   <div class="row" id="row-mic-controls">
-    <label class="note" for="mic-select" style="flex:0 0 3rem">input</label>
-    <select id="mic-select" title="audio input device — applies once you have the mic"><option value="">default microphone</option></select>
+    <select id="mic-select" title="audio input device — applies once you have the mic"><option value="">input default</option></select>
   </div>
   <div class="row" id="row-music-mode">
     <label class="note"><input type="checkbox" id="music-mode"> music mode — raw mic, no echo/noise cancellation (for playing audio through it)</label>
@@ -2463,10 +2462,14 @@ async function refreshMicList(){
     const mics = devs.filter(d=>d.kind==='audioinput');
     const sel = $('mic-select'); if (!sel) return;
     sel.innerHTML = '';
-    if (!mics.length){ sel.innerHTML = '<option value="">default microphone</option>'; return; }
+    if (!mics.length){ sel.innerHTML = '<option value="">input default</option>'; return; }
     mics.forEach((m,i)=>{
       const o = document.createElement('option');
-      o.value = m.deviceId; o.textContent = m.label || ('microphone '+(i+1));
+      /* prefix every option with 'input' so the dropdown reads as
+       * 'input WH-1000XM5' / 'input Built-in Mic'. We dropped the
+       * separate 'input' label that used to live alongside the row;
+       * the prefix keeps the meaning while freeing the column. */
+      o.value = m.deviceId; o.textContent = 'input ' + (m.label || ('microphone '+(i+1)));
       sel.appendChild(o);
     });
     if (micDeviceId && mics.some(m=>m.deviceId===micDeviceId)) sel.value = micDeviceId;
@@ -3678,8 +3681,8 @@ logLine('', 'ready — pick a handle, type a rendezvous code, enter the space');
 
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