diff --git a/ryoku/shell/CHANGELOG.md b/ryoku/shell/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a48e990a..087f7d22c 100644
--- a/ryoku/shell/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ryoku/shell/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog: ryoku/shell/
 
 ## Unreleased
+- **The shell starts again after the visualizer sink fix.** `services/Audio.qml`
+  declared `onSinkChanged` twice, which QML rejects as "Property value set
+  multiple times", so the shell died at launch. The two handlers are now one.
 - **Visualizers follow newly connected audio outputs.** Bar and desktop
   visualizers retarget when the default output changes without a shell reload.
 - **A crashed lock screen comes back after display-link churn.** Once qylock has
diff --git a/ryoku/shell/quickshell/shell/services/Audio.qml b/ryoku/shell/quickshell/shell/services/Audio.qml
index 119340ac4..75688ba27 100644
--- a/ryoku/shell/quickshell/shell/services/Audio.qml
+++ b/ryoku/shell/quickshell/shell/services/Audio.qml
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ Singleton {
     onLiveCaptureStreamsChanged: listSettle.restart()
     onLiveLinksChanged: listSettle.restart()
 
-    onSinkChanged: listSettle.restart()
+    onSinkChanged: {
+        listSettle.restart();
+        if (root.sinkIsBluez)
+            root.refreshBtCard();
+    }
     Component.onCompleted: root.syncAudioLists()
 
     function setOutput(n) { if (n) Pipewire.preferredDefaultAudioSink = n; }
@@ -235,7 +239,6 @@ Singleton {
 
     readonly property bool sinkIsBluez: root.isBluez(root.sink)
     onSinkIsBluezChanged: root.refreshBtCard()
-    onSinkChanged: if (root.sinkIsBluez) root.refreshBtCard()
 
     // MAC from a bluez node name (bluez_output.<MAC>.<profile>), colon-formatted.
     function btMac(n) {