diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95258d4..28a6702 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ sude/                        Mash schedules ("Sud" = brew/wort), each a
                              per-step stirrer timing, and optional pause
                              for user confirmation.
 
-config.json.templ            Configuration template (real hardware).
-config.json.sim               Configuration template for simulation mode.
+config.json.templ            Configuration template - the "sim" component
+                             names (sensor/heater/stirrer/plant) already
+                             default to simulation; point Heater/Stirrer
+                             at real serial ports to switch to hardware.
 ```
 
 ### Data flow
@@ -168,10 +170,11 @@ pip install -r client/requirements.txt
 
 ## Running
 
-1. Copy a config template to `config.json` next to `brewpi.py` and adjust it.
-   Use `config.json.sim` to run entirely in simulation (no hardware needed),
-   or `config.json.templ` as a starting point for real hardware (set the
-   heater/stirrer serial ports and sensor type).
+1. Copy `config.json.templ` to `config.json` next to `brewpi.py` - it
+   already runs entirely in simulation (no hardware needed) as-is; switch
+   any of the `sensor_name`/`heater_name`/`stirrer_name`/`plant_name`
+   `"sim"` values to a real backend, and set the corresponding serial
+   port, to use real hardware.
 2. Start the server:
 
    ```bash
@@ -311,6 +314,17 @@ re-anchoring itself to match whatever's actually happening would no longer
 be a meaningful baseline to compare reality against. It's computed once,
 up front, and left alone.
 
+`SudTask._send_forecast()` thins the curve to at most `MAX_FORECAST_POINTS`
+(1000) before broadcasting it - a fine enough `dt` over a multi-hour brew
+can otherwise produce a single `Forecast` message of several MB, large
+enough to exceed the `websockets` library's default 1 MiB `max_size` and
+get the connection closed outright (code 1009). `SudTask.forecast_t`/
+`forecast_theta` themselves stay at full simulated resolution (used for
+the exact-match truncation in `_continue_forecast_after_confirm()` below,
+and for `SudLogTask`'s full-fidelity `logs/forecast_*.json` - see "Logging
+& analysis") - only the copy actually sent to clients is thinned, which
+the GUI's few-hundred-pixel-wide plot can't show the difference from anyway.
+
 The one wrinkle is a step with `user_wait_for_continue`: a human's response
 time genuinely can't be forecast. Rather than stall the whole estimate
 there, `SudForecastEstimator.estimate()` models it as a zero-delay
diff --git a/components/pid/TODO.md b/components/pid/TODO.md
index 6bb19a3..bc62804 100644
--- a/components/pid/TODO.md
+++ b/components/pid/TODO.md
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ git history for `temp_controller.py`/`temp_controller_smith.py`).
   schema/dataclass validation layer at config-load would surface
   errors immediately instead of mid-`__init__` — and would have caught
   the dead `TempCtrl.Kalman` / `Model.kn` / `Plant.kn` keys that used
-  to sit unused in `config.json.templ`/`.sim` (since deleted) and the
-  `Model.gain`/`Plant.gain` keys still doing the same in
-  `config.json.sim` right now — `Pot` dropped `gain` entirely, see
-  `components/plant/TODO.md`.
+  to sit unused in `config.json.templ`/`.sim` (since deleted), and the
+  `Model.gain`/`Plant.gain` keys that did the same in `config.json.sim`
+  before that file was removed entirely — `Pot` dropped `gain`
+  entirely, see `components/plant/TODO.md`.
 
 - [ ] **`kalman.py` is now dead code in production.** Neither
   `temp_controller.py` nor `temp_controller_smith.py` uses `Kalman`
diff --git a/components/plant/TODO.md b/components/plant/TODO.md
index 6058040..a4b8075 100644
--- a/components/plant/TODO.md
+++ b/components/plant/TODO.md
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ the current `delay`-line rewrite of `Pot`.
   and partially regressed: `Pot` also dropped its `gain` (heater
   efficiency) factor entirely — `process()` now applies 100% of
   commanded power with no loss, whereas before `params['gain']` could
-  model e.g. an 80% efficient transfer. `Model.gain`/`Plant.gain` are
-  now dead keys in `config.json.sim` (already absent from `.templ`) —
-  see `components/pid/TODO.md`'s config-validation item. Still no
+  model e.g. an 80% efficient transfer. `Model.gain`/`Plant.gain` were
+  dead keys in `config.json.sim` (already absent from `.templ`) before
+  that file was removed entirely — see `components/pid/TODO.md`'s
+  config-validation item. Still no
   heater power saturation enforced inside `Pot` itself (handled ad hoc
   in demo harnesses), no evaporation/lid heat loss, and no varying
   thermal mass `M` as volume changes (e.g. boil-off, adding
diff --git a/config.json.sim b/config.json.sim
deleted file mode 100755
index 5774f4c..0000000
--- a/config.json.sim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"ambient_temperature": 20,
-	"Controller" : {
-	"dt": 0.1,
-	"sim_warp_factor": 10.0,
-	"stirrer_name": "sim",
-	"heater_name": "sim",
-	"sensor_name": "sim",
-	"plant_name": "sim",
-	"pid_type": "Smith"
-	},
- 	"TempCtrl": {
-		"Hold": {
-			"kp": 0.25,
-			"ki": 0.0,
-			"kd": 0.0,
-			"kt": 0.0
-		},
-		"Heat": {
-			"kp": 0.05,
-			"ki": 0.01,
-			"kd": 0.0,
-			"kt": 1.5
-		},
-		"Cool": {
-			"kp": 0.05,
-			"ki": 0.01,
-			"kd": 0.0,
-			"kt": 1.5
-		}
-	},
-	"Heater": {
-		"port": "/dev/ttyUSB0",
-		"speed": "115200"
-	},
-	"Stirrer": {
-		"port": "/dev/ttyACM0",
-		"speed": "115200"
-	}
-}
-
diff --git a/config.json.templ b/config.json.templ
index 8167304..2ff95df 100644
--- a/config.json.templ
+++ b/config.json.templ
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"ambient_temperature": 20,
 	"Controller" : {
 	"dt": 1,
-	"sim_warp_factor": 10.0,
+	"sim_warp_factor": 50.0,
 	"stirrer_name": "sim",
 	"heater_name": "sim",
 	"sensor_name": "sim",
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 			"kt": 0.0
 		},
 		"Heat": {
-			"kp": 0.05,
-			"ki": 0.01,
+			"kp": 0.08,
+			"ki": 0.02,
 			"kd": 0.0,
 			"kt": 1.5
 		},
 		"Cool": {
-			"kp": 0.05,
-			"ki": 0.01,
+			"kp": 0.08,
+			"ki": 0.02,
 			"kd": 0.0,
 			"kt": 1.5
 		},
diff --git a/server/brewpi.py b/server/brewpi.py
index 9014c76..49da7f3 100755
--- a/server/brewpi.py
+++ b/server/brewpi.py
@@ -37,20 +37,19 @@ class Tee:
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-	os.makedirs("logs", exist_ok=True)
-	log_path = "logs/brewpi.{}.log".format(time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", time.localtime()))
+	parser = ap.ArgumentParser()
+	parser.add_argument("-c", "--config", default="config.json")
+	parser.add_argument("-m", "--logdir", default="logs")
+
+	args = parser.parse_args()
+
+	os.makedirs(args.logdir, exist_ok=True)
+	log_path = f"{args.logdir}/brewpi.{time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", time.localtime())}.log"
 	log_file = open(log_path, "a", buffering=1)
 	sys.stdout = Tee(sys.stdout, log_file)
 	sys.stderr = Tee(sys.stderr, log_file)
 	print("Logging to {}".format(log_path))
 
-	parser = ap.ArgumentParser()
-	parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", action="store_true")
-	parser.add_argument("-c", "--config", default="config.json")
-	parser.add_argument("-m", "--model", default="model.json")
-	parser.add_argument("-s", "--sim", action="store_true")
-
-	args = parser.parse_args()
 	config = json.load(open(args.config))
 	dispatcher = MessageDispatcher()
 	server = WsServerMultiUser(listener=dispatcher)