diff --git a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-clamshell b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-clamshell
index dc896317..86c893fc 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-clamshell
+++ b/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-clamshell
@@ -6,21 +6,70 @@
 TOGGLES_DIR="$HOME/.local/state/omarchy/toggles/hypr"
 CLAMSHELL_FLAG="$TOGGLES_DIR/internal-monitor-clamshell.lua"
 MANUAL_DISABLE_FLAG="$TOGGLES_DIR/internal-monitor-disable.lua"
+SCALE_STATE="$TOGGLES_DIR/internal-monitor-scale"
 
 INTERNAL=$(hyprctl monitors all -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.name | contains("eDP")).name' | head -n 1)
 
-read_monitor_scale() {
+valid_scale() {
+  [[ $1 =~ ^[0-9]+([.][0-9]+)?$ ]]
+}
+
+configured_monitor_scale() {
   local monitor_lua="$HOME/.config/hypr/monitors.lua"
-  [[ -f $monitor_lua ]] || { echo '"auto"'; return; }
+  [[ -f $monitor_lua ]] || return 0
   local scale
   scale=$(sed -n 's/^local omarchy_monitor_scale = //p' "$monitor_lua" | head -1)
   if [[ -z $scale ]]; then
     scale=$(sed -nE 's/^hl\.monitor\(\{ output = "", mode = "preferred", position = "auto", scale = ([^ ]+) \}\)/\1/p' "$monitor_lua" | head -1)
   fi
-  [[ -z $scale ]] && scale='"auto"'
   echo "$scale"
 }
 
+current_internal_scale() {
+  [[ -n $INTERNAL ]] || return 0
+  hyprctl monitors all -j | jq -r --arg internal "$INTERNAL" '.[] | select(.name == $internal and .disabled != true) | .scale' | head -1
+}
+
+store_internal_scale() {
+  local scale="$1"
+  valid_scale "$scale" || return 0
+
+  mkdir -p "$TOGGLES_DIR"
+  printf '%s\n' "$scale" >"$SCALE_STATE"
+}
+
+remember_internal_scale() {
+  local scale
+  scale=$(current_internal_scale)
+  store_internal_scale "$scale"
+}
+
+read_monitor_scale() {
+  local scale
+  scale=$(configured_monitor_scale)
+  if valid_scale "$scale"; then
+    echo "$scale"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  scale=$(current_internal_scale)
+  if valid_scale "$scale"; then
+    store_internal_scale "$scale"
+    echo "$scale"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -f $SCALE_STATE ]]; then
+    scale=$(<"$SCALE_STATE")
+    if valid_scale "$scale"; then
+      echo "$scale"
+      return
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  echo 2
+}
+
 enable_internal_output() {
   [[ -n $INTERNAL ]] || return 0
   local scale
@@ -48,6 +97,7 @@ enable_internal() {
   fi
 
   [[ -f $MANUAL_DISABLE_FLAG ]] && omarchy-hyprland-monitor-external-active && return 0
+  remember_internal_scale
   enable_internal_output
   dpms_internal enable
 }
@@ -57,6 +107,7 @@ disable_internal() {
   [[ -f $MANUAL_DISABLE_FLAG ]] && return 0
 
   mkdir -p "$TOGGLES_DIR"
+  remember_internal_scale
 
   local config
   config=$(printf 'hl.monitor({ output = "%s", disabled = true })' "$INTERNAL")
diff --git a/test/shell.d/monitor-clamshell-scale-test.sh b/test/shell.d/monitor-clamshell-scale-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6acc7892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shell.d/monitor-clamshell-scale-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/base-test.sh"
+
+test_tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$test_tmp"' EXIT
+
+stub_bin="$test_tmp/bin"
+home_dir="$test_tmp/home"
+monitor_lua="$home_dir/.config/hypr/monitors.lua"
+eval_log="$test_tmp/hyprctl-eval.log"
+state_dir="$home_dir/.local/state/omarchy/toggles/hypr"
+scale_state="$state_dir/internal-monitor-scale"
+
+mkdir -p "$stub_bin" "$home_dir/.config/hypr"
+
+cat >"$stub_bin/hyprctl" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ $1 == "monitors" && $2 == "all" && $3 == "-j" ]]; then
+  if [[ ${OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_DISABLED:-false} == "true" ]]; then
+    printf '[{"name":"eDP-1","disabled":true,"scale":null}]'
+  else
+    printf '[{"name":"eDP-1","disabled":false,"scale":%s}]' "${OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_SCALE:-2}"
+  fi
+elif [[ $1 == "eval" ]]; then
+  printf '%s\n' "$2" >>"$OMARCHY_TEST_HYPRCTL_EVAL_LOG"
+elif [[ $1 == "reload" ]]; then
+  printf 'reload\n' >>"$OMARCHY_TEST_HYPRCTL_EVAL_LOG"
+elif [[ $1 == "dispatch" ]]; then
+  printf 'dispatch %s\n' "$2" >>"$OMARCHY_TEST_HYPRCTL_EVAL_LOG"
+else
+  exit 1
+fi
+SH
+
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+exit 0
+SH
+
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-internal-mirror" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+exit 0
+SH
+
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-external-active" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+[[ ${OMARCHY_TEST_EXTERNAL_ACTIVE:-false} == "true" ]]
+SH
+
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-hw-clamshell" <<'SH'
+#!/bin/bash
+[[ ${OMARCHY_TEST_CLAMSHELL:-false} == "true" ]]
+SH
+
+chmod +x "$stub_bin"/*
+
+write_auto_monitor_config() {
+  cat >"$monitor_lua" <<'LUA'
+local omarchy_gdk_scale = 2
+local omarchy_monitor_scale = "auto"
+LUA
+}
+
+run_clamshell() {
+  HOME="$home_dir" \
+    PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" \
+    OMARCHY_TEST_HYPRCTL_EVAL_LOG="$eval_log" \
+    OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_SCALE="${OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_SCALE:-2}" \
+    OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_DISABLED="${OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_DISABLED:-false}" \
+    OMARCHY_TEST_EXTERNAL_ACTIVE="${OMARCHY_TEST_EXTERNAL_ACTIVE:-false}" \
+    OMARCHY_TEST_CLAMSHELL="${OMARCHY_TEST_CLAMSHELL:-false}" \
+    "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-hyprland-monitor-clamshell"
+}
+
+write_auto_monitor_config
+: >"$eval_log"
+OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_SCALE=2 run_clamshell
+grep -F 'scale = 2' "$eval_log" >/dev/null || fail "clamshell recovery uses current internal scale instead of auto"
+! grep -F 'scale = "auto"' "$eval_log" >/dev/null || fail "clamshell recovery does not apply auto scale"
+[[ -f $scale_state ]] || fail "clamshell recovery remembers current internal scale"
+[[ $(<"$scale_state") == "2" ]] || fail "clamshell recovery remembers current internal scale value"
+pass "clamshell recovery uses current internal scale instead of auto"
+
+write_auto_monitor_config
+: >"$eval_log"
+OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_SCALE=1.6 OMARCHY_TEST_EXTERNAL_ACTIVE=true OMARCHY_TEST_CLAMSHELL=true run_clamshell
+[[ -f $scale_state ]] || fail "clamshell disable remembers internal scale"
+[[ $(<"$scale_state") == "1.6" ]] || fail "clamshell disable remembers internal scale value"
+pass "clamshell disable remembers internal scale"
+
+: >"$eval_log"
+OMARCHY_TEST_INTERNAL_DISABLED=true run_clamshell
+grep -F 'scale = 1.6' "$eval_log" >/dev/null || fail "clamshell recovery uses remembered internal scale"
+! grep -F 'scale = "auto"' "$eval_log" >/dev/null || fail "clamshell recovery avoids auto after disabled internal display"
+pass "clamshell recovery uses remembered internal scale"