diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsComponent.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsComponent.kt
index a5ddcb95d..b0c0b45b2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsComponent.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsComponent.kt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class GpuStatsComponent(val dir: File, private val root: File) : SessionPart() {
             }
             pick("temp", tempSources(), "%6d\n") { milliCelsius(it) }?.let { feeds.add(it) }
             refresh()
+            createMissing(feeds.map { it.file })
             describeSources()
             Log.i(TAG, "hud: kgsl stats from the session's own: $sources")
             true
@@ -354,6 +355,10 @@ class GpuStatsComponent(val dir: File, private val root: File) : SessionPart() {
 
         fun guestLoadDir(root: File) = File(root, GUEST_LOAD_DIR.removePrefix("/"))
 
+        // A feed with no value yet (the HUD hidden at start) still needs its file, or binds() leaves its node out for
+        // the whole session.
+        internal fun createMissing(files: List<File>) = files.forEach { runCatching { it.createNewFile() } }
+
         /** True when this app can see kgsl but none of its GPU load nodes (SELinux-blocked, e.g. the Retroid Pocket Duo). */
         fun loadBlocked(): Boolean = File(KGSL).exists() && !File(GPUBUSY).canRead() && LOAD_SOURCES.none { File(it).canRead() }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShown.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShown.kt
index 22f067d54..a84a35667 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShown.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShown.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import java.io.File
 
 object OverlayShown {
     fun check(root: File): Boolean {
-        val config = File(root, "tmp").listFiles { f -> f.name.startsWith("mangohud.") }
+        val config = File(root, "tmp").listFiles { f -> f.name.startsWith("mangohud.") || f.name == "droiddeck-mangohud.conf" }
             ?.maxByOrNull { it.lastModified() } ?: return false
         return runCatching { !config.readText().contains("no_display") }.getOrDefault(false)
     }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsBindsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsBindsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4343683f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/GpuStatsBindsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.droiddeck.launcher.session
+
+import java.io.File
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder
+
+class GpuStatsBindsTest {
+    @get:Rule val tmp = TemporaryFolder()
+
+    @Test fun feedsWithNoValueYetAreStillBound() {
+        val dir = tmp.newFolder("kgsl-3d0")
+        GpuStatsComponent.createMissing(listOf(File(dir, "perf_now"), File(dir, "cur_freq")))
+        val binds = GpuStatsComponent(dir, tmp.root).binds()
+        assertTrue(binds.contains(File(dir, "perf_now").path + ":" + GpuStatsComponent.MSM_LOAD))
+        assertTrue(binds.contains(File(dir, "cur_freq").path + ":" + GpuStatsComponent.MSM_CLOCK))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun aWrittenValueIsKept() {
+        val dir = tmp.newFolder("kgsl-3d0")
+        File(dir, "cur_freq").writeText("586000000 \n")
+        GpuStatsComponent.createMissing(listOf(File(dir, "cur_freq")))
+        assertEquals("586000000 \n", File(dir, "cur_freq").readText())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShownTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShownTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75675376e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/droiddeck/launcher/session/OverlayShownTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.droiddeck.launcher.session
+
+import java.io.File
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Rule
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder
+
+class OverlayShownTest {
+    @get:Rule val tmp = TemporaryFolder()
+
+    private fun config(name: String, text: String, modified: Long) =
+        File(tmp.root, "tmp").apply { mkdirs() }.resolve(name).apply { writeText(text); setLastModified(modified) }
+
+    @Test fun noConfigIsHidden() {
+        assertFalse(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun mangohudConfigFollowsNoDisplay() {
+        val f = config("mangohud.abcdefgh", "no_display\n", 1_000_000L)
+        assertFalse(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+        f.writeText("preset=3\n")
+        assertTrue(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun steamSessionConfigFollowsNoDisplay() {
+        val f = config("droiddeck-mangohud.conf", "no_display\n", 1_000_000L)
+        assertFalse(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+        f.writeText("preset=3\n")
+        assertTrue(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun newestConfigWins() {
+        config("mangohud.abcdefgh", "no_display\n", 1_000_000L)
+        config("droiddeck-mangohud.conf", "preset=3\n", 2_000_000L)
+        assertTrue(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+        config("mangohud.abcdefgh", "no_display\n", 3_000_000L)
+        assertFalse(OverlayShown.check(tmp.root))
+    }
+}