diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs
index 1c23cc40..15257218 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Commands/Lists/ContextListExt.cs
@@ -127,11 +127,14 @@ public static class ContextListExt
 
         void ShortRenderer(EmbedBuilder eb, IEnumerable<ListedMember> page)
         {
+            // if there are both 5 and 6 character Hids they should be padded to align correctly.
+            var shouldPad = page.Any(x => x.Hid.Length > 5);
+
             // We may end up over the description character limit
             // so run it through a helper that "makes it work" :)
             eb.WithSimpleLineContent(page.Select(m =>
             {
-                var ret = $"[`{m.DisplayHid(ctx.Config, isList: true)}`] **{m.NameFor(ctx)}** ";
+                var ret = $"[`{m.DisplayHid(ctx.Config, isList: true, shouldPad: shouldPad)}`] **{m.NameFor(ctx)}** ";
 
                 if (opts.IncludeMessageCount && m.MessageCountFor(lookupCtx) is { } count)
                     ret += $"({count} messages)";
@@ -237,11 +240,14 @@ public static class ContextListExt
 
         void ShortRenderer(EmbedBuilder eb, IEnumerable<ListedGroup> page)
         {
+            // if there are both 5 and 6 character Hids they should be padded to align correctly.
+            var shouldPad = page.Any(x => x.Hid.Length > 5);
+
             // We may end up over the description character limit
             // so run it through a helper that "makes it work" :)
             eb.WithSimpleLineContent(page.Select(g =>
             {
-                var ret = $"[`{g.DisplayHid(ctx.Config, isList: true)}`] **{g.NameFor(ctx)}** ";
+                var ret = $"[`{g.DisplayHid(ctx.Config, isList: true, shouldPad: shouldPad)}`] **{g.NameFor(ctx)}** ";
 
                 switch (opts.SortProperty)
                 {
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/ModelUtils.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/ModelUtils.cs
index 513f4e1d..ddeedfee 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/ModelUtils.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/ModelUtils.cs
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ public static class ModelUtils
 
 
     public static string DisplayHid(this PKSystem system, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false) => HidTransform(system.Hid, cfg, isList);
-    public static string DisplayHid(this PKGroup group, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false) => HidTransform(group.Hid, cfg, isList);
-    public static string DisplayHid(this PKMember member, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false) => HidTransform(member.Hid, cfg, isList);
-    private static string HidTransform(string hid, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false) =>
+    public static string DisplayHid(this PKGroup group, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false, bool shouldPad = true) => HidTransform(group.Hid, cfg, isList, shouldPad);
+    public static string DisplayHid(this PKMember member, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false, bool shouldPad = true) => HidTransform(member.Hid, cfg, isList, shouldPad);
+    private static string HidTransform(string hid, SystemConfig? cfg = null, bool isList = false, bool shouldPad = true) =>
         HidUtils.HidTransform(
             hid,
             cfg != null && cfg.HidDisplaySplit,
             cfg != null && cfg.HidDisplayCaps,
-            isList ? (cfg?.HidListPadding ?? SystemConfig.HidPadFormat.None) : SystemConfig.HidPadFormat.None // padding only on lists
+            isList && shouldPad ? (cfg?.HidListPadding ?? SystemConfig.HidPadFormat.None) : SystemConfig.HidPadFormat.None // padding only on lists
         );
 
     private static string EntityReference(string hid, string name)