diff --git a/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh b/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
index df63c61..0eaad5f 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
+++ b/configs/airootfs/root/.automated_script.sh
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Live ISO entry point on tty1: set up the live VT, run the configurator
-# wizard, then hand off to the Python install orchestrator. All install-phase
-# logic lives in orchestrator/ (omarchy-iso package) and the omarchy-iso-*
-# bash helpers; this shim only dispatches.
+# wizard with full TTY access, then start broad logging and hand off to the
+# Python install orchestrator.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 [[ $(tty) == /dev/tty1 ]] || exit 0
 
-# Live ISO helpers (gum styling, padding constants, etc.) used by the
-# configurator. Sourced here so the configurator inherits the environment.
 export OMARCHY_MIRROR="$(cat /root/omarchy_mirror)"
 export OMARCHY_PATH=/usr/share/omarchy
 export OMARCHY_INSTALL=$OMARCHY_PATH/install
 export OMARCHY_INSTALL_LOG_FILE=/var/log/omarchy-install.log
 source "$OMARCHY_INSTALL/helpers/all.sh"
 
-# Tokyo Night palette so the live VT matches the installed look. Must run
-# before we redirect stdout so the OSC palette escapes reach the tty.
+# Tokyo Night palette so the live VT matches the installed look.
 set_tokyo_night_colors() {
-  if [[ $(tty) == /dev/tty* ]]; then
-    echo -en "\e]P01a1b26"; echo -en "\e]P1f7768e"; echo -en "\e]P29ece6a"
-    echo -en "\e]P3e0af68"; echo -en "\e]P47aa2f7"; echo -en "\e]P5bb9af7"
-    echo -en "\e]P67dcfff"; echo -en "\e]P7a9b1d6"; echo -en "\e]P8414868"
-    echo -en "\e]P9f7768e"; echo -en "\e]PA9ece6a"; echo -en "\e]PBe0af68"
-    echo -en "\e]PC7aa2f7"; echo -en "\e]PDbb9af7"; echo -en "\e]PE7dcfff"
-    echo -en "\e]PFc0caf5"
-    echo -en "\033[0m"
-    clear
-  fi
+  echo -en "\e]P01a1b26"; echo -en "\e]P1f7768e"; echo -en "\e]P29ece6a"
+  echo -en "\e]P3e0af68"; echo -en "\e]P47aa2f7"; echo -en "\e]P5bb9af7"
+  echo -en "\e]P67dcfff"; echo -en "\e]P7a9b1d6"; echo -en "\e]P8414868"
+  echo -en "\e]P9f7768e"; echo -en "\e]PA9ece6a"; echo -en "\e]PBe0af68"
+  echo -en "\e]PC7aa2f7"; echo -en "\e]PDbb9af7"; echo -en "\e]PE7dcfff"
+  echo -en "\e]PFc0caf5"
+  echo -en "\033[0m"
+  clear
 }
-
 set_tokyo_night_colors
 
-# Capture all subsequent output (configurator + orchestrator) to the install
-# log with CSI escape sequences stripped. omarchy-iso-install also tees its
-# Python orchestrator output to the same log file (raw), so the orchestrator
-# portion appears twice in the log — once raw, once stripped. Acceptable.
-mkdir -p /var/log
-touch /var/log/omarchy-install.log
-exec > >(tee >(sed -u 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g' >>/var/log/omarchy-install.log) 2>/dev/null) 2>&1
+# Tell gum and friends the actual terminal size. stty size on /dev/tty is
+# more reliable than tput when stdout could end up redirected.
+if size=$(stty size </dev/tty 2>/dev/null); then
+  export LINES="${size%% *}"
+  export COLUMNS="${size##* }"
+fi
 
+# Configurator phase: real TTY on both streams. No tee/pipe.
+mkdir -p /var/log
+touch "$OMARCHY_INSTALL_LOG_FILE"
 cd /root
-./configurator
+./configurator >/dev/tty 2>/dev/tty </dev/tty
+
+# Install phase: now safe to capture output to the install log. Strip CSI
+# escapes so the log file is readable. Keep stderr going to the log too so
+# install-time errors are captured.
+exec > >(tee >(sed -u 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]//g' >>"$OMARCHY_INSTALL_LOG_FILE") >/dev/tty) 2>&1
 
 # Absolute paths because omarchy-iso-install cd's into /usr/share/omarchy-iso
 # before exec'ing python; relative paths would resolve against the wrong dir.
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-iso-install b/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-iso-install
index f2a2a46..9307046 100755
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-iso-install
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/local/bin/omarchy-iso-install
@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@
 #
 # Live-ISO entry point for the Omarchy install orchestrator. Invoked from
 # /root/.automated_script.sh after the configurator wizard has produced its
-# user_*.json / user_*.txt files. Tees the full output to
-# /var/log/omarchy-install.log so omarchy-upload-log can pick it up.
+# user_*.json / user_*.txt files. The outer shim owns install logging.
 
 set -eEo pipefail
 
-mkdir -p /var/log
-touch /var/log/omarchy-install.log
-
 # Patch archinstall BEFORE Python loads it. orchestrator/main.py top-level
 # imports archinstall_adapter, which top-level imports archinstall.*; patching
 # inside a phase would be too late (bytecode already loaded).
 omarchy-iso-patch-archinstall
 
 cd /usr/share/omarchy-iso
-exec python -m orchestrator.main "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/omarchy-install.log
+exec python -m orchestrator.main "$@"