diff --git a/internal/movie/help.go b/internal/movie/help.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84acc177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/movie/help.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package movie
+
+import (
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/help"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+)
+
+func newHelp(renderer *lipgloss.Renderer) help.Model {
+	keyStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{
+		Light: "#909090",
+		Dark:  "#626262",
+	}).Renderer(renderer)
+
+	descStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{
+		Light: "#B2B2B2",
+		Dark:  "#4A4A4A",
+	}).Renderer(renderer)
+
+	sepStyle := lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.AdaptiveColor{
+		Light: "#DDDADA",
+		Dark:  "#3C3C3C",
+	}).Renderer(renderer)
+
+	return help.Model{
+		ShortSeparator: " • ",
+		FullSeparator:  "    ",
+		Ellipsis:       "…",
+		Styles: help.Styles{
+			ShortKey:       keyStyle,
+			ShortDesc:      descStyle,
+			ShortSeparator: sepStyle,
+			Ellipsis:       sepStyle.Copy(),
+			FullKey:        keyStyle.Copy(),
+			FullDesc:       descStyle.Copy(),
+			FullSeparator:  sepStyle.Copy(),
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/movie/player.go b/internal/movie/player.go
index 6733df3c..5c808971 100644
--- a/internal/movie/player.go
+++ b/internal/movie/player.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func NewPlayer(m *Movie, logger *log.Entry, renderer *lipgloss.Renderer) Player
 		playCtx:         playCtx,
 		playCancel:      playCancel,
 		keymap:          newKeymap(),
-		help:            help.New(),
+		help:            newHelp(renderer),
 		helpViewStale:   true,
 	}
 
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ func NewPlayer(m *Movie, logger *log.Entry, renderer *lipgloss.Renderer) Player
 		player.log = logger.WithField("duration", player.durationHook)
 	}
 
-	player.help.Styles.Ellipsis = player.help.Styles.Ellipsis.Renderer(renderer)
-	player.help.Styles.ShortKey = player.help.Styles.ShortKey.Renderer(renderer)
-	player.help.Styles.ShortDesc = player.help.Styles.ShortDesc.Renderer(renderer)
-	player.help.Styles.ShortSeparator = player.help.Styles.ShortSeparator.Renderer(renderer)
-	player.help.Styles.FullKey = player.help.Styles.FullKey.Renderer(renderer)
-	player.help.Styles.FullDesc = player.help.Styles.FullDesc.Renderer(renderer)
-	player.help.Styles.FullSeparator = player.help.Styles.FullSeparator.Renderer(renderer)
-
 	return player
 }