diff --git a/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh b/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh
index 90d77e43..2f34a33e 100644
--- a/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh
+++ b/image-recipe/configs/archipelago-kiosk-launcher.sh
@@ -33,14 +33,18 @@ configure_display() {
     [ -n "$output" ] || output=$(awk '/ connected/{print $1; exit}' /tmp/archipelago-kiosk-xrandr.txt)
     [ -n "$output" ] || return 0
 
+    # Pick the EDID-preferred ("+") mode, falling back to the first-listed
+    # mode (EDID lists native first). Deliberately ignore "*" (currently
+    # active) — trusting "active" lets a bad clone/mirror state from a
+    # previous boot perpetuate itself forever instead of self-healing.
     mode=$(awk -v out="$output" '
         $1 == out { active = 1; next }
         active && /^[[:space:]]+[0-9]+x[0-9]+/ {
-            if ($0 ~ /\*/) { print $1; exit }
+            if ($0 ~ /\+/ && !preferred) { preferred = $1 }
             if (!first) first = $1
         }
         active && /^[^[:space:]]/ { active = 0 }
-        END { if (first) print first }
+        END { if (preferred) print preferred; else if (first) print first }
     ' /tmp/archipelago-kiosk-xrandr.txt)
     [ -n "$mode" ] || mode=1920x1080