diff --git a/migrations/1791581004.sh b/migrations/1791581004.sh
index c95a74ff..2fda0f4f 100644
--- a/migrations/1791581004.sh
+++ b/migrations/1791581004.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ defaults_conf="${OMARCHY_LIMINE_DEFAULTS_CONF:-/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-
 running_cmdline="${OMARCHY_RUNNING_CMDLINE:-/proc/cmdline}"
 rebuild_marker="${OMARCHY_LIMINE_REBUILD_MARKER:-/var/lib/omarchy/migrations/1791581004}"
 param="systemd.tty.term.console=dumb"
+esp=$(sed -n 's/^ESP_PATH=["'\'']\?\([^"'\'']*\).*/\1/p' /etc/default/limine 2>/dev/null | tail -n 1)
+limine_conf="${OMARCHY_LIMINE_CONF:-${esp:-/boot}/limine.conf}"
 
 omarchy-cmd-present limine-mkinitcpio || exit 0
 [[ -f $defaults_conf && -r $running_cmdline ]] || exit 0
@@ -28,4 +30,16 @@ grep -Eq "^KERNEL_CMDLINE\[default\]\+=\".*${param//./\\.}.*\"" "$defaults_conf"
 
 echo "The booted kernel is missing $param; rebuilding the boot image"
 sudo limine-mkinitcpio
+
+# limine-mkinitcpio carries on past a kernel it could not build, a full boot
+# partition for one, and still exits 0. Done means a boot entry has the
+# parameter: without that the migration stays pending and the next update
+# tries again. A menu with no command lines in it (they are inside the boot
+# images then) has nothing to look at, and is taken at its word.
+if sudo grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*cmdline:' "$limine_conf" 2>/dev/null &&
+  ! sudo grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]*cmdline:.*[[:space:]]${param//./\\.}([[:space:]]|\$)" "$limine_conf"; then
+  echo "The boot menu still has no entry with $param after the rebuild" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 sudo install -Dm644 /dev/null "$rebuild_marker"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/console-no-ansi-query-migration-test.sh b/test/shell.d/console-no-ansi-query-migration-test.sh
index e087b0c4..3c977546 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/console-no-ansi-query-migration-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/console-no-ansi-query-migration-test.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ mkdir -p "$stub_bin"
 # sudo just drops the prefix; limine-mkinitcpio records that it ran, and fails
 # when told to.
 printf '#!/bin/bash\nexec "$@"\n' >"$stub_bin/sudo"
-printf '#!/bin/bash\necho rebuilt >>"${REBUILDS:?}"\n[[ -z ${REBUILD_FAILS:-} ]]\n' >"$stub_bin/limine-mkinitcpio"
+# A rebuild writes the new command line into the boot menu, unless it is the
+# kind that builds nothing and still exits 0.
+cat >"$stub_bin/limine-mkinitcpio" <<'STUB'
+#!/bin/bash
+echo rebuilt >>"${REBUILDS:?}"
+[[ -z ${REBUILD_FAILS:-} ]] || exit 1
+[[ -n ${REBUILD_BUILDS_NOTHING:-} ]] || printf '  cmdline: %s\n' "${NEW_CMDLINE:?}" >"${LIMINE_CONF:?}"
+STUB
 chmod +x "$stub_bin"/*
 
 old_cmdline="root=PARTUUID=1 rw quiet splash initramfs_async=0"
@@ -27,7 +34,9 @@ new_cmdline="$old_cmdline systemd.tty.term.console=dumb"
 run() { # booted cmdline, defaults conf
   : >"$test_dir/rebuilds"
   printf '%s\n' "$1" >"$test_dir/cmdline"
+  printf '  cmdline: %s\n' "$1" >"$test_dir/limine.conf"
   PATH="$stub_bin:$ROOT/bin:$PATH" REBUILDS="$test_dir/rebuilds" \
+    LIMINE_CONF="$test_dir/limine.conf" NEW_CMDLINE="$new_cmdline" OMARCHY_LIMINE_CONF="$test_dir/limine.conf" \
     OMARCHY_RUNNING_CMDLINE="$test_dir/cmdline" OMARCHY_LIMINE_DEFAULTS_CONF="$2" \
     OMARCHY_LIMINE_REBUILD_MARKER="$test_dir/marker" bash -euo pipefail "$migration" >/dev/null
 }
@@ -41,6 +50,13 @@ fi
 [[ $(rebuilds) == 1 && ! -e $test_dir/marker ]] || fail "a failed rebuild was marked as done"
 pass "a rebuild that fails stops the migration and leaves no marker"
 
+# limine-mkinitcpio exits 0 past a kernel it could not build.
+if REBUILD_BUILDS_NOTHING=1 run "$old_cmdline" "$ROOT/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf"; then
+  fail "a rebuild that changed nothing was reported as a success"
+fi
+[[ ! -e $test_dir/marker ]] || fail "a rebuild that changed nothing was marked as done"
+pass "a rebuild that exits 0 without changing the boot menu leaves the migration pending"
+
 run "$old_cmdline" "$ROOT/etc/limine-entry-tool.d/omarchy-defaults.conf"
 [[ $(rebuilds) == 1 && -e $test_dir/marker ]] ||
   fail "a machine booted without the parameter did not get its boot image rebuilt"
@@ -65,7 +81,7 @@ pass "a machine whose defaults were edited to leave the parameter out is left al
 # not found either.
 rm "$stub_bin/limine-mkinitcpio"
 mkdir -p "$test_dir/tools"
-for tool in bash grep install cat; do ln -s "$(command -v "$tool")" "$test_dir/tools/$tool"; done
+for tool in bash grep install cat sed tail; do ln -s "$(command -v "$tool")" "$test_dir/tools/$tool"; done
 : >"$test_dir/rebuilds"
 printf '%s\n' "$old_cmdline" >"$test_dir/cmdline"
 PATH="$stub_bin:$ROOT/bin:$test_dir/tools" REBUILDS="$test_dir/rebuilds" \