diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 739b483..1c28a9b 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@ log "Verificando proxy..."
 curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:${PROXY_PORT}/health" && echo
 log "Estado del gateway..."
 systemctl --user is-active openclaw-gateway.service 2>&1
-(ss -tln 2>/dev/null || netstat -tln 2>/dev/null) | grep -q ":$GATEWAY_PORT " && echo "gateway escuchando en :$GATEWAY_PORT" || warn "no se detectó :$GATEWAY_PORT (systemctl --user status openclaw-gateway)"
+(ss -tln 2>/dev/null || netstat -tln 2>/dev/null) | grep -q ":${GATEWAY_PORT}" && echo "gateway escuchando en :${GATEWAY_PORT}" || warn "no se detectó :${GATEWAY_PORT} (mirar: systemctl --user status openclaw-gateway)"
 
 if [ -n "$TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN" ]; then
-  log "Canal Telegram configurado. Estado:"
-  timeout 30 "$OPENCLAW_BIN" channels status 2>&1 | grep -iE 'telegram|channel|connected|error' | head -15 || true
+  log "Canal Telegram configurado. Chequeo no bloqueante (max 20s):"
+  timeout 20 "$OPENCLAW_BIN" channels status 2>&1 | grep -iE 'telegram|channel|connected|error|ready' | head -15 || warn "channels status no respondió en 20s (no bloqueante — el canal se conecta en background)"
 fi
 
 echo