diff --git a/helpers/DATA/finish-install/09trisquel-uefi-splash b/helpers/DATA/finish-install/09trisquel-uefi-splash
index d575c0a..47ad5c2 100755
--- a/helpers/DATA/finish-install/09trisquel-uefi-splash
+++ b/helpers/DATA/finish-install/09trisquel-uefi-splash
@@ -10,7 +10,22 @@ set -e
 
 # Check for desktop environmtn task selected
 SELECTION="$(debconf-get tasksel/first 2>/dev/null || true)"
-echo "$SELECTION" | grep -Eq '\b(trisquel-(desktop|gnome|mini)|triskel)\b' || exit 0
+if echo "$SELECTION" | grep -Eq '\b(trisquel-desktop|trisquel-gnome|trisquel-mini|triskel)\b'; then
+    : # desktop confirmed by tasksel
+else
+    # Fallback: desktop present if any of these is installed in target
+    if in-target dpkg -s trisquel-desktop-common >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       || in-target dpkg -s triskel >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       || in-target dpkg -s trisquel-gnome >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       || in-target dpkg -s trisquel-mini >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       || in-target dpkg -s lightdm >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       || in-target dpkg -s gdm3   >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+       || in-target dpkg -s sddm   >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        : # desktop detected by packages
+    else
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
 
 # Check for plymouth installed in target
 in-target dpkg -s plymouth >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
diff --git a/helpers/make-finish-install b/helpers/make-finish-install
index f5b9917..6782a1a 100644
--- a/helpers/make-finish-install
+++ b/helpers/make-finish-install
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # such packages from Debian in order to build the required udeb packages.
 ##
 
-VERSION=2
+VERSION=2.1
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian trixie main'
 REPOKEY=6ED0E7B82643E131
 NETINST=true