diff --git a/client/brewpi_gui.py b/client/brewpi_gui.py
index a93ed81..e4acc0f 100755
--- a/client/brewpi_gui.py
+++ b/client/brewpi_gui.py
@@ -291,10 +291,13 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 		# [(t_min, theta), ...] actually measured since the current run
 		# started - the "already happened" part of the dynamic forecast.
 		self.forecast_history = []
-		# (T, Theta) from the server's simulation-based estimate of the
-		# remaining steps, recomputed on every step change - None until it
-		# arrives (or after a step change, until the next one does), in
-		# which case on_plot_timer() falls back to the naive estimate.
+		# (anchor_min, T, Theta) from the server's simulation-based estimate
+		# of the remaining steps, recomputed on every step change -
+		# anchor_min is elapsed_min as of receipt, so on_plot_timer() can
+		# re-anchor the projection without it drifting right every tick.
+		# None until it arrives (or after a step change, until the next one
+		# does), in which case on_plot_timer() falls back to the naive
+		# estimate.
 		self.server_remaining_forecast = None
 		self.msg_pot = self.msg_dispatch.msgio_get('Pot')
 		self.msg_sensor = self.msg_dispatch.msgio_get('Sensor')
@@ -411,20 +414,27 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 		if remembered_ambient is not None:
 			self.msg_system.send({'AmbientTemp': remembered_ambient})
 
+	def _elapsed_min(self):
+		"""Simulated-schedule minutes elapsed since the run started, or
+		None if no run is in progress. While paused, uses the moment the
+		pause began as "now" so it freezes instead of drifting ahead of
+		actual progress."""
+		if self.sud_start_time is None:
+			return None
+		now = self.sud_pause_started_at if self.sud_pause_started_at is not None else time.monotonic()
+		elapsed_real_s = now - self.sud_start_time - self.sud_paused_total
+		# The forecast's x-axis is simulated-schedule time; scale real
+		# elapsed time by the server's warp factor to match it.
+		return elapsed_real_s * self.warp_factor / 60.0
+
 	def on_plot_timer(self):
 		self.plot.sample(
 			self.plot_temp_ist, self.plot_temp_soll,
 			self.plot_rate_ist, self.plot_rate_soll,
 			self.plot_power_set, self.plot_power_eff)
 
-		if self.sud_start_time is not None:
-			# While paused, use the moment the pause began as "now" so the
-			# line freezes instead of drifting ahead of actual progress.
-			now = self.sud_pause_started_at if self.sud_pause_started_at is not None else time.monotonic()
-			elapsed_real_s = now - self.sud_start_time - self.sud_paused_total
-			# The forecast's x-axis is simulated-schedule time; scale real
-			# elapsed time by the server's warp factor to match it.
-			elapsed_min = elapsed_real_s * self.warp_factor / 60.0
+		elapsed_min = self._elapsed_min()
+		if elapsed_min is not None:
 			self.forecast_plot.set_progress(elapsed_min)
 
 			# Re-anchor the forecast from the live state instead of redrawing
@@ -435,14 +445,21 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 			if self.sud_state != SUD_PAUSED_STATE and self.plot_temp_ist:
 				self.forecast_history.append((elapsed_min, self.plot_temp_ist))
 				if self.server_remaining_forecast is not None:
-					t_rem, theta_rem = self.server_remaining_forecast
+					# Anchored to elapsed_min as of when the server computed
+					# this forecast, not the current tick's - it's only
+					# recomputed on step changes, so re-adding the live,
+					# ever-growing elapsed_min here would push the whole
+					# projection further right every tick until the next
+					# step change, instead of holding it fixed.
+					anchor_min, t_rem, theta_rem = self.server_remaining_forecast
 				else:
 					# Server's simulation-based remainder hasn't arrived
 					# yet (it's recomputed on every step change, off the
 					# event loop) - fall back to the quick naive estimate
 					# for this one tick.
+					anchor_min = elapsed_min
 					t_rem, theta_rem = self.forecast_plot._estimate_course(self._remaining_schedule(), self.plot_temp_ist)
-				t_rem_min = [elapsed_min + seconds / 60.0 for seconds in t_rem]
+				t_rem_min = [anchor_min + seconds / 60.0 for seconds in t_rem]
 				self.forecast_plot.show_dynamic(self.forecast_history, t_rem_min, theta_rem, self.sud_name)
 		else:
 			self.forecast_plot.clear_progress()
@@ -849,7 +866,13 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 				self.update_status_step_label()
 			elif "RemainingForecast" in key:
 				forecast = msg['RemainingForecast']
-				self.server_remaining_forecast = (forecast['T'], forecast['Theta'])
+				# Anchor to elapsed_min as of receipt - close enough to
+				# when the server actually computed it (it's seeded from
+				# the live theta_ist at that moment) - rather than the
+				# live elapsed_min on_plot_timer() sees on later ticks.
+				anchor_min = self._elapsed_min()
+				if anchor_min is not None:
+					self.server_remaining_forecast = (anchor_min, forecast['T'], forecast['Theta'])
 			elif "Forecast" in key:
 				self.on_sud_forecast_received(msg['Forecast'])
 		self.update_sud_actions()