Yeah, I've seen it, along with a couple of other issues that I've been hacking at. Try Hijack v263 which has changed the timing of the illumination commands. (And *please* read the Hijack v263 thread in the Programming forum as well as it explains my changes)

If the buttons don't immediately light upon boot, try flicking your headlights on and off

The standby illumination level is a hijack config.ini option, and defaults to 1. IIRC, I think I get to say "Read the FAQ!" , but I might get egg on my face...