diff --git a/DynamicIsland/managers/DoNotDisturbManager.swift b/DynamicIsland/managers/DoNotDisturbManager.swift
index 9e3aa14..6afdec3 100644
--- a/DynamicIsland/managers/DoNotDisturbManager.swift
+++ b/DynamicIsland/managers/DoNotDisturbManager.swift
@@ -516,12 +516,59 @@ private extension DoNotDisturbManager {
         if mode == .useDevTools {
             stopAssertionsPolling()
             focusLogStream.start()
+            checkInitialFocusStateViaLog()
         } else {
             focusLogStream.stop()
             startAssertionsPolling()
         }
     }
 
+    /// When using the log-stream mode, `log stream` only delivers future events — it misses any
+    /// focus mode that was already active when Atoll launched. This one-shot `log show` reads
+    /// recent duetexpertd debug logs to find the most recent `semanticModeIdentifier` event and
+    /// seeds the initial focus state from it. Tries progressively larger windows so the common
+    /// case (focus toggled recently) resolves in ~1-2s without scanning a full day of logs.
+    private func checkInitialFocusStateViaLog() {
+        metadataExtractionQueue.async { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+
+            for window in ["5m", "1h", "24h"] {
+                let task = Process()
+                task.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/bin/log")
+                task.arguments = [
+                    "show",
+                    "--last", window,
+                    "--debug",
+                    "--style", "compact",
+                    "--predicate", "process == \"duetexpertd\" AND eventMessage CONTAINS \"semanticModeIdentifier\""
+                ]
+                let pipe = Pipe()
+                task.standardOutput = pipe
+                task.standardError = Pipe()
+
+                guard (try? task.run()) != nil else { return }
+                task.waitUntilExit()
+
+                let output = String(data: pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile(), encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
+                let lines = output.components(separatedBy: "\n").filter {
+                    $0.contains("semanticModeIdentifier") && !$0.hasPrefix("Filtering")
+                }
+
+                guard let lastLine = lines.last(where: { !$0.isEmpty }) else { continue }
+
+                // starting: 0 means focus ended — nothing to activate.
+                guard !lastLine.contains("starting: 0") else { return }
+
+                let identifier = FocusMetadataDecoder.extractIdentifier(from: lastLine)
+                let name = FocusMetadataDecoder.extractName(from: lastLine)
+                guard identifier != nil || name != nil else { return }
+
+                self.publishMetadata(identifier: identifier, name: name, isActive: true, source: "log-initial")
+                return
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     func startAssertionsPolling() {
         stopAssertionsPolling()
         lastAssertionsModificationDate = nil