diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/NoteTint.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/NoteTint.kt
index a09dbbe..f9cafcc 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/NoteTint.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/thoughtsync/ui/NoteTint.kt
@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ fun noteTintFor(note: Note): NoteTint =
  * Not `@Composable`: the card needs it alongside `isSystemInDarkTheme()`, and keeping
  * it an ordinary function means it can be read anywhere the note is.
  */
-fun noteIsStrong(note: Note): Boolean =
-    noteColorIsChosen(note.color, firstLabelColor(note), NOTE_TINTS.keys)
+fun noteIsStrong(note: Note): Boolean = noteColorIsChosen(note.color, firstLabelColor(note), NOTE_TINTS.keys)
 
 /**
  * The colour of the note's FIRST label, already resolved, or "" when it has none.
@@ -249,10 +248,10 @@ fun noteIsStrong(note: Note): Boolean =
  * a chip cannot tell which kind they made, and two identically-tagged notes in
  * different colours for an invisible reason is worse than the rule being loose.
  */
-private fun firstLabelColor(note: Note): String =
-    note.labels.firstOrNull()
-        ?.let { resolvedLabelColor(it.name, it.color, NOTE_TINTS.keys) }
-        ?: ""
+private fun firstLabelColor(note: Note): String {
+    val first = note.labels.firstOrNull() ?: return ""
+    return resolvedLabelColor(first.name, first.color, NOTE_TINTS.keys)
+}
 
 /**
  * The tint for a LABEL, derived from its name when nobody has picked one.