diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 778fde6..c254683 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "dev": "npm run build:ts:dev && npm run build:css"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@bookhoard/foliate-js": "git+https://github.com/john-okeefe/foliate-js.git#aba68d8",
+    "@bookhoard/foliate-js": "git+https://github.com/john-okeefe/foliate-js.git#1c0ebf3",
     "alpinejs": "^3.15.8",
     "chart.js": "^4.5.1",
     "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
diff --git a/web/src/reader/reader.ts b/web/src/reader/reader.ts
index ce1e89d..20ce2b1 100644
--- a/web/src/reader/reader.ts
+++ b/web/src/reader/reader.ts
@@ -576,9 +576,6 @@ document.addEventListener("alpine:init", () => {
           this.book.dir = "rtl";
         }
         this.isPDF = (this.renderer as any).isPDF;
-        if (this.isPDF) {
-          this.renderer.setAttribute("interaction-mode", this.interactionMode);
-        }
         // Click on a PDF/fixed-layout highlight rect → edit popover.
         this.renderer.addEventListener(
           "show-rect-annotation",
@@ -671,7 +668,10 @@ document.addEventListener("alpine:init", () => {
           );
         }
         // PDF textLayer selection → rect-fraction highlight popover.
-        if (this.isPDF) {
+        // Detected structurally: renderer.isPDF isn't set until the first
+        // spread renders (during view.init), which is after this listener
+        // attaches — the stale copy here would always be falsy.
+        if (this.isFixedLayout && doc.querySelector(".textLayer")) {
           const checkPDFSelection = () => {
             const sel = doc.getSelection();
             if (!sel || sel.isCollapsed || !sel.rangeCount) return;
@@ -816,6 +816,14 @@ document.addEventListener("alpine:init", () => {
       } else {
         await this.view.init({})
       }
+      // The renderer only knows it's a PDF once frames exist (they carry
+      // pdf.js onZoom), i.e. after init has rendered the first spread.
+      // Read it now and apply the saved pointer mode — this also makes the
+      // Smart|Pan|Text control appear for PDFs.
+      this.isPDF = !!this.renderer?.isPDF;
+      if (this.isPDF) {
+        this.renderer.setAttribute("interaction-mode", this.interactionMode);
+      }
       this.initTime = Date.now();
       this.fetchReadingSpeed();
       this.refreshAnnotations();