How to get insert mode as default in Eat shell?

[zetashift]

Whenever I open a eat buffer I would like to be in insert mode instead of normal.
I've tried adding one of the following:

(add-to-list 'meow-mode-state-list '(eat-mode . insert))
(add-to-list 'meow-mode-state-list '(eat-semi-char-mode . insert))
(add-to-list 'meow-mode-state-list '(eat-emacs-mode . insert))

but none of these work. The last two do nothing, and the eat-mode one is kinda buggy in that it sometimes opens in insert mode but I can't actually insert any characters.

I'm using a config based on meomacs for eat and meow:

(use-package eat
  :ensure (:type git
                 :host codeberg
                 :repo "akib/emacs-eat"
                 :files ("*.el" ("term" "term/*.el") "*.texi"
                         "*.ti" ("terminfo/e" "terminfo/e/*")
                         ("terminfo/65" "terminfo/65/*")
                         ("integration" "integration/*")
                         (:exclude ".dir-locals.el" "*-tests.el")))
  :init
  (advice-add 'eat-semi-char-mode :after 'eat-emacs-mode)
  (add-to-list 'meow-mode-state-list '(eat-semi-char-mode . insert))
  :config
  (setopt eat-kill-buffer-on-exit t)
  (setopt eat-shell "nu")
  (keymap-set eat-char-mode-map "C-y" 'eat-yank)
  (defun eat-meow-setup ()
    (add-hook 'meow-normal-mode-hook 'eat-emacs-mode nil t)
    (add-hook 'meow-insert-mode-hook 'eat-char-mode nil t))
  (add-hook 'eat-mode-hook 'eat-meow-setup))

[brongulus]

I just use the first one, i.e. adding (eat-mode . insert) to meow-mode-state-list and it works fine.

[zetashift]

Ah, must be my config then doing something funky!