diff --git a/apps/rebreak-native/deploy.sh b/apps/rebreak-native/deploy.sh
index 43ba7e7..3d88b66 100755
--- a/apps/rebreak-native/deploy.sh
+++ b/apps/rebreak-native/deploy.sh
@@ -184,11 +184,20 @@ run_quiet() {
     RUN_QUIET_I=$((RUN_QUIET_I + 1))
     subtitle=""
     if [[ -f "$logfile" ]]; then
+      # Primary: meaningful build action (filtered)
       subtitle=$(tail -20 "$logfile" 2>/dev/null \
         | grep -aE '^(Compiling|CompileSwift|CompileC|Linking|Ld|Touch|CodeSign|ProcessProductPackaging|ExtractAppIntentsMetadata|Validate|Archive|GenerateAssetSymbols|CopySwiftLibs|PhaseScriptExecution|> Task|BUILD|\[CP|\[Pods)' \
         | tail -1 \
         | sed -E 's|.*/||; s|\(.*||' \
         | cut -c1-50)
+      # Fallback: any last non-empty line (so user sees activity during setup/parsing)
+      if [[ -z "$subtitle" ]]; then
+        subtitle=$(tail -5 "$logfile" 2>/dev/null \
+          | grep -av '^[[:space:]]*$' \
+          | tail -1 \
+          | sed -E 's|^[[:space:]]+||' \
+          | cut -c1-50)
+      fi
     fi
     render_progress "$elapsed" "$expected" "$label" "$subtitle"
     sleep 0.2