diff --git a/migrations/1784970000.sh b/migrations/1784970000.sh
index af5c3001..e01509e5 100644
--- a/migrations/1784970000.sh
+++ b/migrations/1784970000.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ sudo systemctl reload systemd-logind >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 # the old five second window in place. omarchy-system-sleep-lock reads this same
 # property at runtime, so it stays correct either way -- the reboot flag is only
 # about getting the wider window to take effect.
+#
+# Both reads have to survive failing: a missing drop-in or an unreachable logind
+# is the very condition being tested for, and migrations run under -e.
 dropin=/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/20-inhibit-delay.conf
-expected_s=$(sed -n 's/^InhibitDelayMaxSec=//p' "$dropin" 2>/dev/null)
+expected_s=$(sed -n 's/^InhibitDelayMaxSec=//p' "$dropin" 2>/dev/null || true)
 effective_us=$(busctl get-property org.freedesktop.login1 /org/freedesktop/login1 \
-  org.freedesktop.login1.Manager InhibitDelayMaxUSec 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}')
+  org.freedesktop.login1.Manager InhibitDelayMaxUSec 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}' || true)
 
 if [[ -z $expected_s || $effective_us != $((expected_s * 1000000)) ]]; then
   omarchy-state set reboot-required