diff --git a/client/brewpi_gui.py b/client/brewpi_gui.py
index 3d37a9a..188ebea 100755
--- a/client/brewpi_gui.py
+++ b/client/brewpi_gui.py
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ SUD_RUNNING_STATES = {"SudState.RAMPING", "SudState.HOLDING", "SudState.WAIT_USE
 SUD_WAIT_USER_STATE = "SudState.WAIT_USER"
 SUD_PAUSED_STATE = "SudState.PAUSED"
 
+# Below this (simulated seconds), an 'Elapsed' push is treated as "this run
+# just started" rather than "reconnecting mid-brew" - see on_sud_changed()'s
+# Elapsed handling. Generous relative to typical dt (0.1-1s/tick): a fresh
+# start's first push always lands well under it, while reconnecting to an
+# established run (anything past its first handful of ticks) always lands
+# well over it - and seeding the history a few seconds "late" within a
+# genuinely fresh run is harmless anyway, since the temperature there is
+# still essentially the t=0 anchor.
+FRESH_RUN_ELAPSED_THRESHOLD_S = 5.0
+
 
 def _style_axis(ax):
 	ax.set_facecolor('white')
@@ -827,6 +837,19 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 				# a run starting.
 				if self.sud_elapsed_seconds is not None:
 					self.sud_elapsed_seconds = msg['Elapsed']
+					# Seed the actual-trace history with this run's real
+					# t=0 point - without it, the first sample only lands
+					# at on_plot_timer()'s next 1-second tick, which under
+					# a real sim_warp_factor can already be a noticeable
+					# way into the run, leaving a small visible gap between
+					# the forecast's exact t=0 anchor and where the actual
+					# trace first appears. Gated on elapsed still being
+					# small so reconnecting mid-brew (large elapsed) - where
+					# this temperature reading has nothing to do with that
+					# run's actual t=0 - doesn't get a bogus point plotted
+					# at x=0.
+					if not self.forecast_history and self.plot_temp_ist and msg['Elapsed'] < FRESH_RUN_ELAPSED_THRESHOLD_S:
+						self.forecast_history.append((msg['Elapsed'] / 60.0, self.plot_temp_ist))
 			elif "Forecast" in key:
 				self.on_sud_forecast_received(msg['Forecast'])
 			elif "Error" in key: