diff --git a/modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-listener.js b/modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-listener.js
index 2274aaa..147bd6c 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-listener.js
+++ b/modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-listener.js
@@ -162,7 +162,14 @@ function createLtcListener({ device, channel, moduleDir, log, onUpdate }) {
     });
 
     child.on('error', (err) => {
+      // A spawn that fails (EACCES on a helper that lost its execute bit,
+      // ENOENT) emits 'error' with no 'exit' to follow. Leaving `child` set
+      // would let the eval loop report "No signal" over a dead child forever
+      // and nothing would ever retry — what parked LTC on AB on 2026-10-04.
+      // Null it and retry on the slow timer, the way spl-listener does.
       report({ error: TOOL_MISSING, detail: `LTC capture failed to start: ${err.message}` });
+      child = null;
+      scheduleRestart(BAD_CONFIG_RETRY_MS);
     });
 
     child.on('exit', (code) => {
diff --git a/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json b/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json
index f85f541..ad2a415 100644
--- a/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json
+++ b/modules/propresenter-timers/module.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "propresenter-timers",
   "name": "Timers",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.7.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.4.0",
   "description": "Timers, Clocks, and LTC From configured Modules",
   "provides": [