diff --git a/app/lib/widgets/meal_time_dropdown.dart b/app/lib/widgets/meal_time_dropdown.dart
index 71223df..f89e0bb 100644
--- a/app/lib/widgets/meal_time_dropdown.dart
+++ b/app/lib/widgets/meal_time_dropdown.dart
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ class MealTimeDropdown extends StatelessWidget {
           value: value,
           isDense: true,
           isExpanded: true,
+          // "Custom…" first: at the end it sat ~95 grid items down.
           items: [
+            const DropdownMenuItem(value: _customValue, child: Text('Custom…')),
             for (final minute in options)
               DropdownMenuItem(value: minute, child: Text(slotLabel(minute))),
-            const DropdownMenuItem(value: _customValue, child: Text('Custom…')),
           ],
           onChanged: (minute) {
             if (minute == null) return;
diff --git a/app/pubspec.yaml b/app/pubspec.yaml
index 8684a1d..d522a96 100644
--- a/app/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/app/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: diet_guard_app
 description: "Companion phone app for diet_guard: log meals on the go."
 publish_to: 'none'
 
-version: 1.0.108+1
+version: 1.0.109+1
 
 environment:
   sdk: ^3.12.2
diff --git a/app/test/widgets/meal_schedule_editor_test.dart b/app/test/widgets/meal_schedule_editor_test.dart
index 4dc18d4..126d2a2 100644
--- a/app/test/widgets/meal_schedule_editor_test.dart
+++ b/app/test/widgets/meal_schedule_editor_test.dart
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ void main() {
   /// Picks "Custom…" from the open menu, typing [hhmm] in the time picker's
   /// keyboard mode.
   Future<void> pickCustom(WidgetTester tester, String hh, String mm) async {
+    // The menu opens centred on the current value; "Custom…" is the first
+    // item, so it is reached by scrolling up.
     await tester.scrollUntilVisible(
       find.text('Custom…'),
-      300,
+      -300,
       scrollable: find.byType(Scrollable).last,
     );
     await tester.tap(find.text('Custom…').last);
@@ -118,6 +120,20 @@ void main() {
     expect(find.text('07:23'), findsWidgets);
   });
 
+  testWidgets('Custom… is the first item, above 00:00', (tester) async {
+    await pump(tester, _fiveMeals);
+
+    await openDropdown(tester, 'First meal');
+    await tester.scrollUntilVisible(
+      find.text('00:00'),
+      -300,
+      scrollable: find.byType(Scrollable).last,
+    );
+
+    final custom = tester.getTopLeft(find.text('Custom…').last).dy;
+    expect(custom, lessThan(tester.getTopLeft(find.text('00:00').last).dy));
+  });
+
   testWidgets('a custom last meal before the first is clamped', (tester) async {
     await pump(tester, _fiveMeals);