diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index ae87d0761a..2de23a6150 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -794,7 +794,9 @@ main() {
 	# Also check legacy .conf user override
 	if [[ -z "$_pulse_user_config" && -f "${FEATURE_TOGGLES_USER:-$HOME/.config/aidevops/feature-toggles.conf}" ]]; then
 		local _legacy_val
-		_legacy_val=$(grep -E '^supervisor_pulse=' "${FEATURE_TOGGLES_USER:-$HOME/.config/aidevops/feature-toggles.conf}" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d= -f2)
+		# Use awk instead of grep|tail|cut — grep exits 1 on no match, which
+		# aborts the script under set -euo pipefail. awk always exits 0.
+		_legacy_val=$(awk -F= '/^supervisor_pulse=/{val=$2} END{print val}' "${FEATURE_TOGGLES_USER:-$HOME/.config/aidevops/feature-toggles.conf}")
 		if [[ -n "$_legacy_val" ]]; then
 			_pulse_user_config="$_legacy_val"
 		fi
@@ -836,13 +838,13 @@ main() {
 				_do_install=true
 				# Record explicit consent
 				if type cmd_set &>/dev/null; then
-					cmd_set "orchestration.supervisor_pulse" "true" 2>/dev/null || true
+					cmd_set "orchestration.supervisor_pulse" "true" || true
 				fi
 			else
 				_do_install=false
 				# Record explicit decline so we never re-prompt on updates
 				if type cmd_set &>/dev/null; then
-					cmd_set "orchestration.supervisor_pulse" "false" 2>/dev/null || true
+					cmd_set "orchestration.supervisor_pulse" "false" || true
 				fi
 				print_info "Skipped. Enable later: aidevops config set orchestration.supervisor_pulse true && ./setup.sh"
 			fi