diff --git a/client/brewpi_gui.py b/client/brewpi_gui.py
index e30fcc2..28dfa4b 100755
--- a/client/brewpi_gui.py
+++ b/client/brewpi_gui.py
@@ -783,13 +783,27 @@ class Window(QtWidgets.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
 					# fresh for this run.
 					self.forecast_history = []
 				elif self.sud_state not in SUD_RUNNING_STATES and self.sud_state != SUD_PAUSED_STATE:
+					was_running = self.sud_start_time is not None
 					self.sud_start_time = None
 					self.sud_paused_total = 0.0
 					self.sud_pause_started_at = None
 					# on_plot_timer() only redraws the dynamic forecast while
-					# sud_start_time is set - revert to the static view now,
-					# rather than leaving the last dynamic draw frozen.
-					if self.sud_schedule:
+					# sud_start_time is set.
+					if was_running:
+						# A run just finished or was stopped - leave the
+						# dynamic view's last frame (the actual measured
+						# history) up rather than recomputing a "static"
+						# plan from here, which would walk the *whole*
+						# original schedule again starting from wherever
+						# the brew happens to have ended up (e.g. close to
+						# the last step's target), producing a nonsensical
+						# total.
+						pass
+					elif self.sud_schedule:
+						# Fresh load (or reconnecting to an already-idle
+						# server) - no run has happened yet, so the upfront
+						# plan starting from the current temperature is
+						# exactly right.
 						start_theta = self.plot_temp_ist if self.plot_temp_ist else 20.0
 						self.forecast_plot.show_schedule(self.sud_schedule, start_theta, self.sud_name)