diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b37f8bd..68ad5a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 ⚡️ Delivers core agent functionality in just **~4,000** lines of code — **99% smaller** than Clawdbot's 430k+ lines.
 
-📏 Real-time line count: **3,793 lines** (run `bash core_agent_lines.sh` to verify anytime)
+📏 Real-time line count: **3,827 lines** (run `bash core_agent_lines.sh` to verify anytime)
 
 ## 📢 News
 
diff --git a/nanobot/agent/loop.py b/nanobot/agent/loop.py
index 4d13162..3016d92 100644
--- a/nanobot/agent/loop.py
+++ b/nanobot/agent/loop.py
@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ class AgentLoop:
             if response.has_tool_calls:
                 if on_progress:
                     clean = self._strip_think(response.content)
-                    await on_progress(clean or self._tool_hint(response.tool_calls))
+                    if clean:
+                        await on_progress(clean)
+                    await on_progress(self._tool_hint(response.tool_calls))
 
                 tool_call_dicts = [
                     {