diff --git a/gameplay.js b/gameplay.js
index c4f28ab..81ff80e 100644
--- a/gameplay.js
+++ b/gameplay.js
@@ -1152,7 +1152,11 @@ export function update(dt) {
   if (G.phase === 'over') {
     G.overT -= dt;
     if (G.overT <= 0) {
-      if (G.pendingHorde) { // the set card's pause is over — but the horde is a different CONTROL MODE
+      // A boss (or a duel) OUTRANKS the horde, and pendingHorde is a latch: it is armed when the set
+      // banks and cashed by whichever 'over' beat expires next — which, at game 30, is the chapter
+      // card, because 30 is both a set and a boss. The wave then poured onto the boss stage. Leave the
+      // latch alone and let the beat AFTER the fight cash it: the set still gets its horde, later.
+      if (G.pendingHorde && !G.bossFight && !G.interlude) { // the set card's pause is over — but the horde is a different CONTROL MODE
         G.pendingHorde = false;                                  // (racket auto-fires, the finger steers you absolutely),
         showModal({ title: 'THEY KEEP COMING', color: UI.hot,    // so it gets a real block, not just a card
           body: ['THE RACKET FIRES ON ITS OWN', 'SLIDE TO AIM · HOLD THE BASELINE'],
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 90c8121..1c992ff 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@
     <p id="build"></p>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="main.js?v=54"></script>
+<script type="module" src="main.js?v=55"></script>
 </body>
 </html>