diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f54726..ad998d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ Der erste lokale Create-Produktionscontroller ueberwacht einen Zink-Nugget-Vault
 Andesite-Alloy-Vault und die per Clutch getrennte Maschinenwelle. Die beiden Vaults muessen
 jeweils direkt ueber einen aktivierten Wired Modem Full Block als Inventory-Peripheral mit dem
 Computer verbunden sein. Ein Advanced-Peripherals Block Reader zeigt auf das Stressometer der
-Maschinenwelle. Der Redstone-Ausgang `left` steuert die Clutch in der aktuellen Installation
-direkt: Redstone `ON` stoppt die Welle und Redstone `OFF` gibt sie frei. Die Polaritaet ist im
-Programm ueber `OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING` konfigurierbar.
+Maschinenwelle. Der Redstone-Ausgang `left` steuert die Clutch ueber einen Fail-safe-Inverter:
+Redstone `ON` schaltet die Fackel aus und gibt die Welle frei; bei Redstone `OFF`, Programmabbruch
+oder Computer-Ausfall stoppt die Fackel die Welle.
 
 Installation und erster Start:
 
diff --git a/create_andesite_display.lua b/create_andesite_display.lua
index 2d9cd0c..7f4fc55 100644
--- a/create_andesite_display.lua
+++ b/create_andesite_display.lua
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 -- Two Create Item Vaults are discovered by their contents and remembered.
 
 local REFRESH_SECONDS = 1
+local SENSOR_SETTLE_SECONDS = 0.15
 local MIN_WIDTH = 28
 local MIN_HEIGHT = 13
 local CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE = "left"
--- This installation drives the Clutch directly: powered means stopped.
--- Change to true if a redstone-torch inverter is installed later.
-local OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING = false
+-- The external redstone-torch inverter makes output ON release the Clutch.
+local OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING = true
 local STATE_FILE = "create_andesite_state.txt"
 local DEVICE_FILE = "create_andesite_devices.txt"
 
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ end
 local requestedRunning = loadText(STATE_FILE) == "RUNNING"
 local devices = textutils.unserialize(loadText(DEVICE_FILE) or "") or {}
 local capacityCache = {}
+local lastAppliedRunning = nil
 
 local function setMachineRunning(running)
   local level = running and OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING or not OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING
   redstone.setOutput(CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE, level)
+  local changed = lastAppliedRunning ~= running
+  lastAppliedRunning = running
+  return changed
 end
 
 -- Fail safe while peripherals are being discovered.
@@ -249,7 +253,20 @@ local function evaluate()
   local allowed = not missing and not noMaterial and not outputFull and not overstressed
   local effectiveRunning = requestedRunning and allowed
 
-  setMachineRunning(effectiveRunning)
+  local outputChanged = setMachineRunning(effectiveRunning)
+
+  -- Create updates the kinetic network after the redstone event. Without a
+  -- short settling period, the first frame after a touch shows the previous
+  -- state and therefore looks inverted.
+  if outputChanged then
+    sleep(SENSOR_SETTLE_SECONDS)
+    speed, capacity, usage, load = discoverStressometer()
+    overstressed = capacity and usage and usage > capacity
+    if overstressed and effectiveRunning then
+      effectiveRunning = false
+      setMachineRunning(false)
+    end
+  end
 
   local status, color = "STOPPED", colors.red
   if requestedRunning then