diff --git a/Sources/Kapture/CaptureController.swift b/Sources/Kapture/CaptureController.swift
index c89a8ff..ae3d1eb 100644
--- a/Sources/Kapture/CaptureController.swift
+++ b/Sources/Kapture/CaptureController.swift
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ final class CaptureController: NSObject {
         }
         isSelecting = true
         previousApp = NSWorkspace.shared.frontmostApplication
-        // Force activation: cooperative NSApp.activate() can silently fail for
-        // LSUIElement apps, leaving the app inactive — then clicks on the
-        // overlays pass through to the windows below.
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
-        CaptureController.log("begin: creating overlays for \(NSScreen.screens.count) screens")
+        // Force activation and log whether it stuck — inactive apps don't
+        // receive overlay clicks.
+        let activated = NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+        CaptureController.log("begin: activate(ignoringOtherApps)=\(activated) active=\(NSApp.isActive)")
         overlays = NSScreen.screens.map { screen in
             OverlayWindow(
                 screen: screen,
diff --git a/build-app.sh b/build-app.sh
index e6f7342..571ff51 100755
--- a/build-app.sh
+++ b/build-app.sh
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ cat > "$APP/Contents/Info.plist" <<'PLIST'
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
     <string>Icon</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>1.6.2</string>
+    <string>1.6.3</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>62</string>
+    <string>63</string>
     <key>LSUIElement</key>
     <true/>
     <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>