diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index 1a6a67bd..b582b82e 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -865,7 +865,10 @@ sub check_desktop {
     assert_screen "apps_menu_button", $args{timeout};
     # GNOME 40 starts on the overview by default; for consistency with
     # older GNOME and KDE, let's just close it
-    send_key "alt-f1" if match_has_tag "apps_menu_button_active";
+    if (match_has_tag "apps_menu_button_active") {
+        send_key "alt-f1";
+        assert_screen "apps_menu_button_inactive";
+    }
 }
 
 sub download_modularity_tests {
diff --git a/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20190625.json b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20190625.json
index 861cac07..4252966a 100644
--- a/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20190625.json
+++ b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20190625.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "DESKTOP-gnome",
         "ENV-DISTRI-fedora",
         "LANGUAGE-english",
-        "apps_menu_button"
+        "apps_menu_button",
+        "apps_menu_button_inactive"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20210316.json b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20210316.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34fc0c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20210316.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "xpos": 15,
+      "height": 15,
+      "ypos": 9,
+      "type": "match",
+      "width": 67
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "DESKTOP-gnome",
+    "ENV-DISTRI-fedora",
+    "LANGUAGE-english",
+    "apps_menu_button",
+    "apps_menu_button_inactive"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20210316.png b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20210316.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f2ecfcc
Binary files /dev/null and b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button-20210316.png differ
diff --git a/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button_active-20210316.json b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button_active-20210316.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7bee50a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button_active-20210316.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "height": 15,
+      "xpos": 15,
+      "ypos": 9,
+      "type": "match",
+      "width": 67
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "DESKTOP-gnome",
+    "ENV-DISTRI-fedora",
+    "LANGUAGE-english",
+    "apps_menu_button",
+    "apps_menu_button_active"
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button_active-20210316.png b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button_active-20210316.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b9602b2
Binary files /dev/null and b/needles/gnome/apps_menu_button_active-20210316.png differ