diff --git a/rices/end4/illogical-impulse/config.json b/rices/end4/illogical-impulse/config.json
index 08fd525..c90552e 100644
--- a/rices/end4/illogical-impulse/config.json
+++ b/rices/end4/illogical-impulse/config.json
@@ -507,6 +507,9 @@
                 "scrollFactor": 0.3
             }
         },
+        "misc": {
+            "focusOnActivate": true
+        },
         "sessionAutostart": true
     },
     "interactions": {
diff --git a/tests/shell-overrides-agree.sh b/tests/shell-overrides-agree.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2ca9738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/shell-overrides-agree.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# The end-4 shell's Hyprland settings page writes its stored options into
+# hyprland/shellOverrides/main.lua, which loads after custom/*.lua. A value the
+# rice sets in custom/general.lua must therefore be the same in the rice's
+# illogical-impulse/config.json, or the shell silently overrides it with its
+# default once that page is opened.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+REPO="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+failed=0
+
+for general in "$REPO"/rices/*/hypr/custom/general.lua; do
+    rice_dir="${general%/hypr/custom/general.lua}"
+    config="$rice_dir/illogical-impulse/config.json"
+    [[ -f "$config" ]] || continue
+    rice="${rice_dir##*/}"
+
+    # misc:focus_on_activate <-> hyprland.misc.focusOnActivate (shell default: false)
+    lua="$(grep -oE '^\s*focus_on_activate\s*=\s*(true|false)' "$general" | grep -oE 'true|false' | tail -n1 || true)"
+    [[ -n "$lua" ]] || continue
+    json="$(jq -r '.hyprland.misc.focusOnActivate // false' "$config")"
+    if [[ "$lua" != "$json" ]]; then
+        echo "FAIL: $rice: custom/general.lua focus_on_activate = $lua, config.json hyprland.misc.focusOnActivate = $json" >&2
+        failed=1
+    else
+        echo "ok: $rice: focus_on_activate = $lua in both"
+    fi
+done
+
+exit "$failed"