diff --git a/src/components/ui/button.tsx b/src/components/ui/button.tsx
index 4d38506..961ddc1 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/button.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/button.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ import { Slot } from "radix-ui"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 
 const buttonVariants = cva(
-  "inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-md text-sm font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all outline-none focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring/50 disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40 [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4",
+    // No `focus-visible:ring-*` here. src/index.css draws ONE focus outline for
+  // the whole app, on every focusable thing including the plain buttons and
+  // links that never come through this file; shadcn's ring would sit inside it
+  // as a second, softer halo, 2px in from the line. One indicator, one place.
+  "inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-md text-sm font-medium whitespace-nowrap transition-all disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 aria-invalid:border-destructive [&_svg]:pointer-events-none [&_svg]:shrink-0 [&_svg:not([class*='size-'])]:size-4",
   {
     variants: {
       variant: {
         default: "bg-primary text-primary-foreground hover:bg-primary/90",
         destructive:
-          "bg-destructive text-white hover:bg-destructive/90 focus-visible:ring-destructive/20 dark:bg-destructive/60 dark:focus-visible:ring-destructive/40",
+          "bg-destructive text-white hover:bg-destructive/90 dark:bg-destructive/60",
         outline:
           "border bg-background shadow-xs hover:bg-accent hover:text-accent-foreground dark:border-input dark:bg-input/30 dark:hover:bg-input/50",
         secondary:
diff --git a/src/components/ui/input.tsx b/src/components/ui/input.tsx
index f1124ae..9230faf 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/input.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/input.tsx
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ function Input({ className, type, ...props }: React.ComponentProps<"input">) {
       data-slot="input"
       className={cn(
         "h-9 w-full min-w-0 rounded-md border border-input bg-transparent px-3 py-1 text-base shadow-xs transition-[color,box-shadow] outline-none selection:bg-primary selection:text-primary-foreground file:inline-flex file:h-7 file:border-0 file:bg-transparent file:text-sm file:font-medium file:text-foreground placeholder:text-muted-foreground disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50 md:text-sm dark:bg-input/30",
-        "focus-visible:border-ring focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring/50",
-        "aria-invalid:border-destructive aria-invalid:ring-destructive/20 dark:aria-invalid:ring-destructive/40",
+        // The focus outline is src/index.css's, for the whole app at once —
+        // see the note in button.tsx.
+        "aria-invalid:border-destructive",
         className
       )}
       {...props}
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index bb534b0..4ef7b1e 100755
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -173,11 +173,18 @@
   }
 
   /* One visible, consistent focus treatment. Keyboard users get a ring on the
-     accent colour, which clears 3:1 on every surface in both themes. */
+     accent colour, which clears 3:1 on every surface in both themes.
+     Deliberately the ONLY focus indicator: shadcn's primitives ship a second,
+     softer `ring` box-shadow of their own, and the two together read as a halo
+     inside a line. Those are stripped in button.tsx and input.tsx instead of
+     dropping this, because this one rule covers links, table buttons and
+     anything else that never goes through a primitive.
+     It sets no border-radius on purpose — an earlier version pinned 2px here,
+     which squared the corners of every control that had no radius utility of
+     its own. The outline follows each element's own radius. */
   :focus-visible {
     outline: 2px solid var(--budget-accent);
     outline-offset: 2px;
-    border-radius: 2px;
   }
 }