diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index dd80656..4a23a56 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
     "version": "0.23.7",
     "date": "",
     "en": [
-      "QSO edit: added the QRZ ↗ button next to the callsign, like the main entry form — one click opens that station's qrz.com profile."
+      "QSO edit: added the QRZ ↗ button next to the callsign, like the main entry form — one click opens that station's qrz.com profile.",
+      "PowerGenius XL: the fan mode (Standard / Contest / Broadcast) changes on the amp again. A previous fix dropped the \"setup\" prefix the amp requires (\"setup fanmode=…\"), so the amp rejected the command and the mode snapped straight back. The correct command is restored."
     ],
     "fr": [
-      "Édition de QSO : ajout du bouton QRZ ↗ à côté de l'indicatif, comme dans le formulaire de saisie — un clic ouvre le profil qrz.com de la station."
+      "Édition de QSO : ajout du bouton QRZ ↗ à côté de l'indicatif, comme dans le formulaire de saisie — un clic ouvre le profil qrz.com de la station.",
+      "PowerGenius XL : le mode ventilateur (Standard / Contest / Broadcast) change de nouveau sur l'ampli. Un correctif précédent avait retiré le préfixe « setup » exigé par l'ampli (« setup fanmode=… »), qui rejetait donc la commande et le mode revenait aussitôt en arrière. La bonne commande est rétablie."
     ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go b/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go
index 5fdadc0..964ea8c 100644
--- a/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go
+++ b/internal/powergenius/powergenius.go
@@ -125,14 +125,19 @@ func (c *Client) SetFanMode(mode string) error {
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("powergenius: invalid fan mode %q", mode)
 	}
-	// Set with the bare "key=value" verb the amp uses for its own status fields
-	// (same convention as "operate=1"). The earlier "setup fanmode=…" carried a
-	// bogus prefix the amp silently ignored, so the fan never changed and the next
-	// status kept reporting the old mode — the revert-to-Contest the operator saw.
-	reply, err := c.command("fanmode=" + m)
+	// The verb the amp wants is "setup fanmode=VALUE" — confirmed LIVE: with the
+	// "setup " prefix the amp replies code 0 (accepted), while the bare
+	// "fanmode=VALUE" we switched to earlier is rejected (reply code 0x50000015).
+	// That regression is what stopped the fan from changing; restoring "setup "
+	// fixes it.
+	reply, err := c.command("setup fanmode=" + m)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if code := replyCode(reply); code != "" && code != "0" {
+		applog.Printf("pgxl: set fanmode=%s REJECTED, reply=%q", m, reply)
+		return fmt.Errorf("powergenius: amp rejected fanmode=%s (code %s)", m, code)
+	}
 	applog.Printf("pgxl: set fanmode=%s reply=%q", m, reply)
 	c.statusMu.Lock()
 	c.status.FanMode = m // optimistic
@@ -141,6 +146,19 @@ func (c *Client) SetFanMode(mode string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// replyCode returns the result code from an "R<id>|<code>|…" reply — "0" means
+// the amp accepted the command. Returns "" when the line isn't an R reply.
+func replyCode(reply string) string {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(reply, "R") {
+		return ""
+	}
+	p := strings.SplitN(reply, "|", 3)
+	if len(p) < 2 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(p[1])
+}
+
 // SetOperate puts the amp in OPERATE (1) or STANDBY (0).
 func (c *Client) SetOperate(on bool) error {
 	v := "0"