diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31747d9..71e45f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # DeckShift
 
-**Version 0.1.8** — Steam Deck-style gaming mode for [Omarchy](https://omarchy.com). Press `Super+Shift+S` to enter Gaming Mode (Steam Big Picture in Gamescope), `Super+Shift+R` to return to your desktop.
+**Version 0.1.9** — Steam Deck-style gaming mode for [Omarchy](https://omarchy.com). Press `Super+Shift+S` to enter Gaming Mode (Steam Big Picture in Gamescope), `Super+Shift+R` to return to your desktop.
 
 Lineage: forked from [Super-Shift-S-Omarchy-Deck-Mode](https://git.no-signal.uk/nosignal/Super-Shift-S-Omarchy-Deck-Mode), briefly renamed Omarchy Deck, then renamed DeckShift.
 
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Lineage: forked from [Super-Shift-S-Omarchy-Deck-Mode](https://git.no-signal.uk/
 
 ## What's New
 
+### v0.1.9 — Auto-migrate legacy refresh-rate values
+
+- Installer now detects pre-v0.1.8 scalar `CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES` values (e.g. `165`) and rewrites them to the v0.1.8 comma format (`60,165`), then imports the new value into the running systemd user environment. Re-running `./deckshift.sh` is enough to fix Gaming Mode for users hit by the 60 Hz bug — no need to re-open the Settings TUI and re-pick the rate.
+
 ### v0.1.8 — Settings TUI now reaches gamescope without re-login
 
 - The Settings TUI used to write `~/.config/environment.d/gamescope-session-plus.conf` and rely on the user logging out before the change reached `gamescope-session-plus@.service`. Saving the TUI now calls `systemctl --user import-environment` for the keys it just wrote, so the next Gaming Mode launch picks up the new values immediately.
diff --git a/deckshift.sh b/deckshift.sh
index e479956..dbda7d1 100755
--- a/deckshift.sh
+++ b/deckshift.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set -Euo pipefail
 # -u: Treat unset variables as errors (catches typos in variable names)
 # -o pipefail: A pipeline fails if ANY command in it fails, not just the last one
 
-DECKSHIFT_VERSION="0.1.8"
+DECKSHIFT_VERSION="0.1.9"
 
 # Resolve the directory this script lives in so we can find sibling files like
 # bin/deckshift-settings and applications/deckshift-settings.desktop when
@@ -1866,6 +1866,24 @@ UDISKS_POLKIT
   mkdir -p "$env_dir"
   touch "$gamescope_conf"
 
+  # Legacy CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES migration (added in v0.1.9).
+  #
+  # Pre-v0.1.8 the Settings TUI wrote CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES as a single rate
+  # (e.g. "165"). Gamescope's --custom-refresh-rates is a list of *switchable*
+  # rates, not a launch-rate selector — and with no safe 60 Hz fallback in the
+  # list, some DRM/NVIDIA paths drop to the EDID-preferred 60 Hz on first
+  # launch. v0.1.8+ writes a comma list (e.g. "60,165") from the TUI, but
+  # existing users still have the scalar in their conf. Rewrite it here so
+  # re-running the installer is enough to fix Gaming Mode for them — no need
+  # to re-open the TUI and re-pick the rate.
+  local legacy_rate
+  legacy_rate=$(grep -E '^CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES=[0-9]+$' "$gamescope_conf" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2)
+  if [[ -n "$legacy_rate" && "$legacy_rate" != "60" ]]; then
+    info "Migrating CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES=${legacy_rate} → 60,${legacy_rate} (v0.1.9 format)"
+    sed -i "s|^CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES=.*|CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES=60,${legacy_rate}|" "$gamescope_conf"
+    systemctl --user import-environment CUSTOM_REFRESH_RATES 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+
   # Per-key updater — replaces in place if present, appends if missing.
   # Same shape as the TUI's flush_pending so the two never fight.
   set_conf_key() {