diff --git a/conf.d/paru-wrapper.fish b/conf.d/paru-wrapper.fish
index 2bb7de5..178af4c 100644
--- a/conf.d/paru-wrapper.fish
+++ b/conf.d/paru-wrapper.fish
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ end
 
 set -l _paru_real /usr/bin/paru
 set -l _paru_wrapper "$HOME/.local/bin/paru"
-set -l _paru_wrapper_version 1
+set -l _paru_wrapper_version 2
 
 # Skip entirely if the real paru binary isn't present
 test -x $_paru_real; or return
@@ -38,14 +38,24 @@ printf '%s\n' \
     '#!/usr/bin/env bash' \
     "# paru-wrapper-version: $_paru_wrapper_version" \
     '# Auto-generated by conf.d/paru-wrapper.fish — do not edit by hand.' \
-    '# Tees paru output to a timestamped log file and prunes old ones.' \
-    'set -o pipefail' \
+    '# Runs paru in a PTY via script(1) so progress bars are preserved,' \
+    '# then strips escape sequences from the captured log file.' \
     '' \
     'log_dir="${SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR:-$HOME/.terminal_history}"' \
     'mkdir -p "$log_dir"' \
     'log_file="$log_dir/paru_$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S).log"' \
     '' \
-    '/usr/bin/paru "$@" 2>&1 | tee "$log_file"' \
+    '# Build a safely-quoted command string for script(1).' \
+    '# script(1) allocates a PTY so paru detects a real terminal and shows progress.' \
+    'cmd_str="/usr/bin/paru"' \
+    'for arg in "$@"; do' \
+    '    cmd_str+=" $(printf '"'"'%q'"'"' "$arg")"' \
+    'done' \
+    'script -q -e -c "$cmd_str" "$log_file"' \
+    'exit_code=$?' \
+    '' \
+    '# Strip ANSI escape sequences and carriage returns for readable plain-text logs.' \
+    'sed -i '"'"'s/\x1b\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]//g; s/\r//g'"'"' "$log_file" 2>/dev/null || true' \
     '' \
     'max_files="${SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES:-100}"' \
     'mapfile -t logs < <(ls -1t "$log_dir"/paru_*.log 2>/dev/null)' \
@@ -53,6 +63,8 @@ printf '%s\n' \
     'for (( i = ${#logs[@]} - 1; i >= ${#logs[@]} - excess && i >= 0; i-- )); do' \
     '    rm -f "${logs[$i]}"' \
     'done' \
+    '' \
+    'exit $exit_code' \
     > $_paru_wrapper
 
 chmod +x $_paru_wrapper
diff --git a/conf.d/yay-wrapper.fish b/conf.d/yay-wrapper.fish
index 4e16e05..0d63469 100644
--- a/conf.d/yay-wrapper.fish
+++ b/conf.d/yay-wrapper.fish
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ end
 
 set -l _yay_real /usr/bin/yay
 set -l _yay_wrapper "$HOME/.local/bin/yay"
-set -l _yay_wrapper_version 1
+set -l _yay_wrapper_version 2
 
 # Skip entirely if the real yay binary isn't present
 test -x $_yay_real; or return
@@ -38,14 +38,24 @@ printf '%s\n' \
     '#!/usr/bin/env bash' \
     "# yay-wrapper-version: $_yay_wrapper_version" \
     '# Auto-generated by conf.d/yay-wrapper.fish — do not edit by hand.' \
-    '# Tees yay output to a timestamped log file and prunes old ones.' \
-    'set -o pipefail' \
+    '# Runs yay in a PTY via script(1) so progress bars are preserved,' \
+    '# then strips escape sequences from the captured log file.' \
     '' \
     'log_dir="${SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR:-$HOME/.terminal_history}"' \
     'mkdir -p "$log_dir"' \
     'log_file="$log_dir/yay_$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S).log"' \
     '' \
-    '/usr/bin/yay "$@" 2>&1 | tee "$log_file"' \
+    '# Build a safely-quoted command string for script(1).' \
+    '# script(1) allocates a PTY so yay detects a real terminal and shows progress.' \
+    'cmd_str="/usr/bin/yay"' \
+    'for arg in "$@"; do' \
+    '    cmd_str+=" $(printf '"'"'%q'"'"' "$arg")"' \
+    'done' \
+    'script -q -e -c "$cmd_str" "$log_file"' \
+    'exit_code=$?' \
+    '' \
+    '# Strip ANSI escape sequences and carriage returns for readable plain-text logs.' \
+    'sed -i '"'"'s/\x1b\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]//g; s/\r//g'"'"' "$log_file" 2>/dev/null || true' \
     '' \
     'max_files="${SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES:-100}"' \
     'mapfile -t logs < <(ls -1t "$log_dir"/yay_*.log 2>/dev/null)' \
@@ -53,6 +63,8 @@ printf '%s\n' \
     'for (( i = ${#logs[@]} - 1; i >= ${#logs[@]} - excess && i >= 0; i-- )); do' \
     '    rm -f "${logs[$i]}"' \
     'done' \
+    '' \
+    'exit $exit_code' \
     > $_yay_wrapper
 
 chmod +x $_yay_wrapper
diff --git a/docs/fish-config.md b/docs/fish-config.md
index a24b2c4..aaeafed 100644
--- a/docs/fish-config.md
+++ b/docs/fish-config.md
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ scrollback snapshot to SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR. Files are named:
 
     scrollback_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log
 
-The paru and yay wrappers (auto-generated in ~/.local/bin/) tee all output to:
+The paru and yay wrappers (auto-generated in ~/.local/bin/) run inside a PTY
+via script(1) so progress bars are preserved, and capture all output to:
 
     paru_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log
     yay_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log
@@ -1615,9 +1616,9 @@ __fish_config_op_logging skips all capture and removes the logging wrappers.
     ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     Scrollback capture      Terminal session output saved to:
                             ~/.terminal_history/scrollback_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log
-    paru wrapper            All paru/AUR output teed to:
+    paru wrapper            All paru/AUR output captured to:
                             ~/.terminal_history/paru_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log
-    yay wrapper             All yay/AUR output teed to:
+    yay wrapper             All yay/AUR output captured to:
                             ~/.terminal_history/yay_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log
     Kitty watcher           watcher.py captures scrollback when Kitty closes