diff --git a/templates/presentation.org b/templates/presentation.org
index 2e9a3dd..76cdac3 100644
--- a/templates/presentation.org
+++ b/templates/presentation.org
@@ -39,23 +39,27 @@
 #+LATEX_HEADER: \setbeamercolor{item}{fg=kyndrylRed}
 #+LATEX_HEADER: \setbeamercolor{subitem}{fg=kyndrylRed!80}
 
-# -- Navigation + custom footer (logo + readable title + page number) ----------
+# -- Navigation ----------------------------------------------------------------
 #+LATEX_HEADER: \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
-#+LATEX_HEADER: \setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:   \leavevmode%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:   \hbox{%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.08\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,center]{author in head/foot}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:       \includegraphics[height=2ex]{logo.png}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \end{beamercolorbox}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.37\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm]{author in head/foot}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:       \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \end{beamercolorbox}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.40\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,center]{title in head/foot}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:       \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\color{white}\insertshorttitle%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \end{beamercolorbox}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.15\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,rightskip=.3cm,right]{date in head/foot}%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:       \usebeamerfont{date in head/foot}\insertshortdate{}\hspace*{2em}\insertframenumber{}/\inserttotalframenumber%
-#+LATEX_HEADER:     \end{beamercolorbox}%
+
+# -- Custom footer (override Madrid's footline AFTER theme loads) --------------
+#+LATEX_HEADER: \AtBeginDocument{%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:   \setbeamertemplate{footline}{%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:     \leavevmode%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:     \hbox{%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.08\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,center]{author in head/foot}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:         \includegraphics[height=2ex]{logo.png}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \end{beamercolorbox}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.37\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,leftskip=.3cm]{author in head/foot}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:         \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \end{beamercolorbox}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.40\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,center]{title in head/foot}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:         \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\color{white}\insertshorttitle%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \end{beamercolorbox}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.15\paperwidth,ht=2.5ex,dp=1.125ex,rightskip=.3cm,right]{date in head/foot}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:         \usebeamerfont{date in head/foot}\insertshortdate{}\hspace*{2em}\insertframenumber{}/\inserttotalframenumber%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:       \end{beamercolorbox}%
+#+LATEX_HEADER:     }%
 #+LATEX_HEADER:   }%
 #+LATEX_HEADER: }