diff --git a/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/config_flow.py b/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/config_flow.py
index c666554..7736db5 100644
--- a/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/config_flow.py
+++ b/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/config_flow.py
@@ -228,11 +228,21 @@ async def async_step_user(
 
         Home Assistant initiates user-triggered subentry flows via the `user`
         step (per HA config-subentry docs) — NOT async_step_{subentry_type}.
-        Show the menu so the user can choose between auto-pair and manual-add.
-        Selecting an option routes to async_step_{option}: 'pair' or
-        'manual_add'.
+        Delegate to the menu so the user can choose auto-pair or manual-add.
         """
         _LOGGER.debug("Subentry blind flow initiated")
+        return await self.async_step_menu(user_input)
+
+    async def async_step_menu(
+        self, user_input: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    ) -> SubentryFlowResult:
+        """Show menu: Pair automatically or Add manually.
+
+        async_show_menu(step_id="menu") REQUIRES a matching async_step_menu
+        method to exist — HA validates that a shown step_id resolves to a handler
+        (it raises UnknownStep otherwise). Selecting an option routes to
+        async_step_{option}: 'pair' or 'manual_add'.
+        """
         return self.async_show_menu(
             step_id="menu",
             menu_options=["pair", "manual_add"],
diff --git a/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/manifest.json b/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/manifest.json
index 267c8de..aca54ef 100644
--- a/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/manifest.json
+++ b/custom_components/schellenberg_usb/manifest.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
       "manufacturer": "van ooijen"
     }
   ],
-  "version": "1.1.1"
+  "version": "1.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_config_flow.py b/tests/test_config_flow.py
index 62a4ef8..040a415 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_flow.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import pytest
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntry, ConfigEntryState
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
+from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import FlowResultType
+from pytest_homeassistant_custom_component.common import MockConfigEntry
 
 from custom_components.schellenberg_usb.const import (
     CONF_BIDIRECTIONAL,
@@ -88,6 +90,39 @@ async def test_pair_step_shows_form(
     assert result["step_id"] == "pair"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_subentry_flow_entry_step_is_menu(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    enable_custom_integrations: None,
+) -> None:
+    """Driving the real HA subentry-flow seam must land on the menu.
+
+    Regression for the v1.1.0 bug: the menu was wired to async_step_blind on the
+    false assumption that HA initiates a subentry flow at async_step_{subentry_type}.
+    HA actually initiates user-triggered subentry flows at async_step_user, so the
+    menu was never reachable. This test goes through
+    hass.config_entries.subentries.async_init — the ACTUAL seam HA uses — rather
+    than calling a handler method directly, so it would fail if the entry step
+    regressed back to async_step_blind / the old auto-pair form.
+    """
+    entry = MockConfigEntry(
+        domain=DOMAIN,
+        title="Schellenberg USB",
+        data={CONF_SERIAL_PORT: "/dev/ttyUSB0"},
+    )
+    entry.add_to_hass(hass)
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.subentries.async_init(
+        (entry.entry_id, SUBENTRY_TYPE_BLIND),
+        context={"source": "user"},
+    )
+
+    assert result["type"] == FlowResultType.MENU
+    assert result["step_id"] == "menu"
+    assert "pair" in result["menu_options"]
+    assert "manual_add" in result["menu_options"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_manual_add_creates_subentry(
     hass: HomeAssistant, mock_hub_entry: ConfigEntry