diff --git a/System_Essentials/clear_logs.sh b/System_Essentials/clear_logs.sh
index 9723ac7..16eeebf 100755
--- a/System_Essentials/clear_logs.sh
+++ b/System_Essentials/clear_logs.sh
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ if [[ "$SHOW_STATUS" == true ]]; then
     echo "━━━ System Logs ━━━"
     for f in "${LOG_FILES[@]}"; do
         if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
-            size=$(du -sh "$f" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
-            size_mb=$(du -sm "$f" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
+            # One traversal, then formatted — this used to run du twice over the same path,
+            # once for the display string and once for the comparison.
+            size_mb=$(dir_size_mb "$f") || size_mb=0
+            size=$(format_mb "$size_mb")
             threshold="${LOG_MIN_SIZE_MB:-10}"
             if [[ "${size_mb:-0}" -ge "$threshold" ]]; then
                 echo "  $ICON_WARN $f — $size (above ${threshold}MB threshold — would clear)"
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ if [[ "$SHOW_STATUS" == true ]]; then
     if [[ -d /var/lib/docker/containers ]]; then
         find /var/lib/docker/containers/ -name "*-json.log" 2>/dev/null | \
             while IFS= read -r logfile; do
-                size_mb=$(du -sm "$logfile" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
+                size_mb=$(dir_size_mb "$logfile") || size_mb=0
                 container_id=$(basename "$(dirname "$logfile")" | cut -c1-12)
                 container_name=$(docker inspect --format '{{.Name}}' "$container_id" \
                     2>/dev/null | tr -d '/' || echo "$container_id")
@@ -204,9 +206,12 @@ for logfile in "${LOG_FILES[@]}"; do
         continue
     fi
 
-    size_bytes=$(stat -c%s "$logfile" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
-    size_mb=$(( size_bytes / 1048576 ))
-    size_h=$(du -sh "$logfile" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
+    # Same basis as the dry-run preview above. This measured stat -c%s (apparent size) while the
+    # preview measured du (allocated blocks), so a file sitting on LOG_MIN_SIZE_MB could be shown
+    # as under the threshold and then cleared, or the reverse. A dry run that disagrees with the
+    # real run about what it will touch is worse than no dry run.
+    size_mb=$(dir_size_mb "$logfile") || size_mb=0
+    size_h=$(format_mb "$size_mb")
     threshold="${LOG_MIN_SIZE_MB:-10}"
 
     if [[ "$size_mb" -lt "$threshold" ]]; then
@@ -239,9 +244,10 @@ else
     while IFS= read -r logfile; do
         [[ -z "$logfile" ]] && continue
 
-        size_bytes=$(stat -c%s "$logfile" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
-        size_mb=$(( size_bytes / 1048576 ))
-        size_h=$(du -sh "$logfile" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)
+        # du basis, matching the "top 10 by size" listing above — that ranked and previewed on
+        # du while this cleared on stat, so the two could disagree about the same file.
+        size_mb=$(dir_size_mb "$logfile") || size_mb=0
+        size_h=$(format_mb "$size_mb")
         threshold="${LOG_DOCKER_MAX_MB:-100}"
 
         # Get container name for display