diff --git a/scripts/daemon/lesavka-core.sh b/scripts/daemon/lesavka-core.sh
index 620e7b0..5a1ad6e 100644
--- a/scripts/daemon/lesavka-core.sh
+++ b/scripts/daemon/lesavka-core.sh
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ echo 0 >"$F/control/terminal/camera/default/bmControls"    2>/dev/null || true
 echo 0 >"$F/control/processing/default/bmControls"         2>/dev/null || true
 
 # friendly label
-mkdir -p "$F/control/header/strings/0x409"
-echo "Lesavka UVC" >"$F/control/header/strings/0x409/label"
+set +e
+mkdir -p "$F/control/header/strings/0x409" 2>/dev/null || log "⚠️ skipping control/header strings (mkdir failed)"
+echo "Lesavka UVC" >"$F/control/header/strings/0x409/label" 2>/dev/null || log "⚠️ unable to set UVC label (continuing)"
+set -e
 
 # ----------------------- configuration -----------------------------
 mkdir -p "$G/configs/c.1/strings/0x409"